Being chained for most of the life that you can remember from neck to ankles. It's the false life Socrate's describes to Glaucon in "Allegory of the Cave". A life of deception and lies not knowing nothing else other then what they saw in front of them. We live that concept without even realizing it. Most of us have had that sort of deception hit us at one point in our lives or another. Whether it be during your childhood with the tooth fairy or maybe now as an adult with things such as politics, we all must have had a belief that we truly believed but ended up seeing it in a totally different way. Certain situations can totally change the way you see things now from one belief into another. In my situation I have been raised to think that the United States of America had one of the best education progams and establishments in the world. From personal experience I dont believe the U.S. is superior in education, atleast not anymore. The United States has slowly fallen behind many countries in World Education Rankings. This is believed to have happened with the government focusing on other important issues such as immigration reforms , tax breaks for the uber-rich and war. Like the prisoners in "Allegory of the Cave" it took me a very long time to realize that America's education is not what they once said to be.
I'v opened my eyes clearly now and have traveled to different countries and also have had friends from different corners of the world and one of my questions to them is always how is school on your side of town? It impressed me how much these friends knew and how well educated they were an half of them were younger than I was. I couldn't believe it and thought to myself maybe there education system and how the teachers are instructed to teach are better then the United States. The Organization for Economic Cooperation places the United States 18th among the 36 nations examined. That makes you think how did the world leader in economy drop so low? I want people to realize that the United States needs to get back on track on making education a priority. Involving students more in activities making learning not a job but more of a hobbie. I myself would become a teacher to conribute and show students now that learning should be of great importance and mke it fun at the same time. Going back to help others is what we should all do.
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