The Importance of a Quality Education

When I was six, my parents finally enrolled me into kindergarten. I was so excited, and eager to learn; however, I was also very scared, and nervous. I didn't know what to expect. When I got there, in my classroom, my heart started to race. The excitement was filling up inside of me. Eager and ready, I met my teacher. She was such a nice lady, and I could tell we were going to learn a lot this year.

For me this was an exciting time, I finally got to start school. I was only six years old, and for my parents it was important that they enrolled me in school when I was still in my adolescence and still developing. Research shows that in the early years of a child's life, which is when the brain starts to develop, shows a very important window for a child to reach full academic potential. When children are young they don't know much and they have much to learn for the years to come, after all the earlier the better.

Families play the most important role in promoting a healthy development of their children; however, many families do not have the right information and support that will help them create a place for their kids to learn and develop. Some parents are not educated to know what they need for their children. Parents need to know what they are doing to promote their child's development and they need to know how to do it the right way. Parents that had kids ages k-12th grade were surveyed and this is what the survey revealed: 86 percent had a place set aside for homework in their home, and 67 percent had an adult in the household who checked that their homework was done. Parents do not have to give their children everything but anything they do will help.

In today's economy, a high quality education is no long...

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...t in 2011, arts education added $7.6-billion to the nation’s GDP. In that year alone, arts education as an industry employed 17,900 workers whose salaries and wages totaled $5.9-billion.

Education has taught me so much and that is why I think it is important that children get a good education so they can make a difference in our community and our economy. Overall, children need to start their education early, but not only that, the government needs to make schooling more affordable and give parents the right tools to help their children. Not only that but a higher education will give the children more opportunities in life. In today's economy it is not that easy to find work. In conclusion I think that education is a very valuable resource and we should use it.

Works Cited

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education/k-12

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013028.pdf