A Successful Future

21st century, century of hopes, aspirations, breakthroughs or in short the dawn of the new era are the words that go through one’s mind when asked to describe it. One with right skills and education can have a bright and a successful future. This recipe seems very simple and no-brainer and almost everyone follows it to achieve success. The key ingredient of that recipe is education. One spends twelve years at school to procure that ingredient. But to stand against cut-throat competition and not just live from paycheck to paycheck one has to go further on this quest to make sure he has enough of that ingredient for his recipe. That’s what 66.2% of American high school graduates did in 2012 to stand out against fellow competitors and make sure they are on the right track for so called “success (www.bls.gov). Many scholarly articles have been published on education and schooling and how it is impacting todays’ youth. Imparting critical thinking should be the main purpose of education and the term success should not be measured by the paycheck but by the passion with which one springs out of bed every morning.

Gatto and Zinsser are both American authors who have written several articles on American Education system and how it is impacting our future policy-makers. They both offer their own views which show constructive and destructive interference. While Gatto claims that, compulsory schooling cripples our kids and if possible, it should be avoided and kids should be imparted education through different medium, Zinsser looks at schooling from a different perspective and claims a new system should be formulated that reduces the pressure on young minds and prepare them for a better future. Both of their claims directly address educat...

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...r labs as if they were going to the dentist” (42). He clearly and subtly implies that follow your heart, do something that gives you joy and above all satisfaction.

At the end I would just like to make your passion your profession, and work will become a game. Choose something that makes you get up out of bed every morning. Don’t follow success, pursue excellence in your profession and success will come running towards you.

Works Cited

"College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2012 High School Graduates." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 02 Nov. 2013.

Gatto, John Taylor. "Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why." Harper's Magazine 1 Sept. 2003: 21-28. Print.

Zinsser, William. “College Pressures.” Blair & Ketchum’s Country Journal. Vol. 6.no. 4, 4 Apr. 1979 39-46. Print.