Ch. 9 Writing Prompt: “Only the educated are free.” from Discourses, by Epictetus (55 AD-135 AD), Greek philosopher. This quote focuses on how people with higher education where the ones to advance and succeed. One thing though, is that it doesn’t apply to everyone. I can relate this because when I was young I didn’t know where to go and how to do it, so I was dragged along with my parents. When I kept getting older the more education I got and the more I knew about the world. Since I knew more about everything, the more I could do things my way, giving me more freedom than ever before. Not everyone has this opportunity, some are forced by will. All people should be free regardless of education. Sadly, that is only in some countries.
Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill in the book They Say/ I Say “Should everyone Go to College” have an informative tone throughout their passage. The authors apply their findings and reasoning to real situations and probability’s. Looking at how the author applied pathos, ethos, and logos, you’ll find that the authors did an exceptional job of applying pathos and logos to enhance their arguments to be more persuasive and accurate. They provided logos in their augments by providing statistical rates and data charts to back up their statements. They apply pathos buy examining real scenarios and showing that sometimes it’s a personal determination that will make you successful in college
Today in American society, one feels pressured and obligated to seek higher levels of education. In the article “College prepare people for life” written by Freeman Hrabowski, he expresses his views on the many aspects in which college prepares one for their life; especially, financially. Having a college degree increases ones ability to get a job in comparison to somebody who has solely a high school diploma. However, many are faced with the irony of having to go into to debt, in order to work towards financial independence and security. In terms of socio economics, those who are stuck by poverty often cannot afford going into debt to exit their current ranking in the qazi caste system of poverty. Many argues that college prepares people for life, however one can disagree due to
John Marsh is an assistant professor in the English department at Pennsylvania State University. “Why Education Is Not an Economic Panacea,” is from his book Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach Our Way Out If Inequality. Overall in Marsh’s story the problem that is presented is whether the cause of inequality is because of lack of education.
It should not be a surprise that many people believe that a college degree is a necessity in today’s world. We are taught to believe this at a young age. The average citizen will not question this statement due to how competitive the job market has become, yet does graduating college guarantee more success down the road? Peter Brooks is a scholar at Princeton University and publisher of an essay that questions the value of college. He obviously agrees that college can help securing a job for the future, but questions the humanities about the education. He uses other published works, the pursuit of freedom, and draws on universal arguments that pull in the reader to assume the rest of his essay has valid reasons.
Many great thinkers have brought up questions, theories and even arguments as to whether there is a direct correlation between education, as a whole, and political freedom. The answer is yes, but this varies. An individual might need various forms of education, depending on their situation as well as success in executing his education in an effective way. Yet while some political philosophers adopted this correlation, others did not, and some even stray form it. Three such men were Plato, Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Douglass.
John Marsh, Ph.D., shares his epiphany, that his sharing the popular belief that higher education was the answer to bringing about economic equality and curing poverty, was in fact wrong; in this short selection, “Why Education Is Not an Economic Panacea”, taken from his book, “Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality”. Marsh had felt that gaining a higher education himself worked to bring him to a level of economic equality, so, it should work the same way for everyone else. His change of heart comes after perhaps stepping down from the pedestal that many, with lots of letters after their name, sit on, or are put upon by others, and witnessing first-hand the dismal rates of graduation of students in the single course he teaches for The Odyssey Program. Serving as good Public Relations for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the program’s purpose was two-fold; it was to provide, at no cost, college level course(s) for low-income adults and look good for the University. In this excerpt, Marsh’s narrow vision seems to have opened up somewhat, however, it does not demonstrate that his visual field widened enough to see that there is much, much more than simply economics or education that is at play in determining where people end up in the spectrum of being considered successful in the United States. (Marsh 914)
Education has always been in existence in one form or another. As each child is born into this world regardless of who or where they are born, life lessons immediately begin. He/she will learn to crawl, walk, and talk by the example and encouragement of others. Although these lessons are basic in the beginning they evolve as the child grows. However, the core learning method of a child does not change. Learning from others, they will watch, listen, and then act for themselves. Thomas Jefferson believed that an education would lead men and women to the ability to be self-governed and become positive contributors to society (Mondale & Patton, 2001). Today, we can see how true this is by the examples of others. Those that are given the opportunity for education are more likely to find jobs and develop skills that not only improve a community, but influence the economic growth of their nation (Ravitch, Cortese, West, Carmichael, Andere, & Munson, 2009, p. 13). On the other hand, if an education is not provided to individuals, they can become a hindrance to that nation’s growth.
Fredrick Douglass asserted that, “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave,” (“Abolition Through Education,” 2016). The truth in this statement posed a huge threat to the way of life of colonial Americans. Deprivation of education was used to assist in the enslavement of African Americans in developing America; in fact, prohibiting the education of African Americans quickly became the standard, as laws were increasingly put in place to oppress and limit colonial African Americans. During this time there was a widespread belief that if you were African American, then you were not fully a person which led to many basic rights being withheld, including the ability to get an education.
“This view of what it means to be educated is often caricatured as snobbish and narrow, beholden to the old and wary of the new; but in fact, it is
Douglass details his relationship with knowledge throughout his life; he relates his gradual escape from slavery with his growing education. Knowledge is used in his story as a pathway to gaining freedom. I relate to this theme because, in my life, I have learned that success only attainable through education. In order to be able to escape from the rules of my family, in order to fully be myself, in order to provide for myself and have a non-menial job that I enjoy, I have to educate myself as much as possible. This knowledge has prompted me to work hard to reach the highest level of happiness and freedom in my future.
However, some of our past generations weren’t able to receive an education, due to being in a poor income family, or during pre civil war time, were the slaves weren’t able to have any education.This was the case for Frederick Douglass, He wrote about his journey of how was able to learn how to read and write in his essay How I Learned to Read and Write. Douglass wrote about how he was a slave child pre civil war time, and how the wife of his master been secretly instructed him how to read and write. That until his master found out, and put an end to it. Back then slave owners though if their slaves had an education, than they would be able to think for themselves and be an educated human being. However, Douglass didn’t let his master stop him from learning how to read and write, he continued his education by observing those around him, and by sneaking in the room of his owner’s son, and using the son’s old copy-books. “During this time, my copy-book was the board fence, brick wall, and pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk” (275). Growing up, my mother grow up in the country of Guatemala, She had grown up not having many materials to have an education, but she had never let that hold her back. My mother had worked hard with the little things she had around her, and was able to graduate high school and move to
The Greek philosopher, Plato, once said: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” For centuries education has played a large role in society. One’s level of education along with many other factors has the ability to dictate one’s path in life. Those who have more education are often viewed as being more superior and powerful, while those who aren’t widely exposed to education are more likely to be faced with poverty and discrimination. In the Allegory of the Cave, by Plato, he uses freedom and imprisonment to portray an open or narrow-minded person as a bridge to understand the advantages of being educated and the disadvantages of being uneducated; I will argue that varying education levels leads to willful ignorance,
Education is compulsory for most people in order to survive and have a good life. To be educated, one needs to pass through a number of education levels such as primary school, high school, university, etc. Higher education also known as university education is the most important level because it prepares ones for their futures. However, the cost of higher education is a highly debated issue worldwide. “The three broad questions on higher education were: Who should pay? Who benefits? Is it worth it?” (Slaper, Amia 3)To understand the topic better, one must examine the primary arguments in favor of higher education with free of charge, arguments against free education under any circumstances, and arguments in favor of cost of higher education at a reasonable price.
In today’s world, it is important for an individual to be able to read, write, and think critically in order to contribute to society. Many parts of the world have a free public education system in which children from all social classes can attend public school free up through high school. In fact, Americans pay taxes to pay for the education of thousands of children. So why are there still people who cannot read, write, or think critically in these areas with free public education? Primary causes may be the lack of opportunities of lower classes, an individual's own motivation, or an intellectual learning disability.
Education is the one of priorities in life for most parents. Previous generation, which is the generation x born between 1961-1981 has pressure on the Millenial Generation. The money is the most important variable that specifies the quality of life for them. So the Generation X pushes their children to graduate from a qualified colleague to have high life standards (How Young People View Their Lives Futures and Politics A PORTRAIT OF “GENERATION NEXT” (2007) by Andrew Kohut, Kim Parker, Scott Keeter, Carroll Doherty, Michael Dimock ). Especially parents, thinks in the same way with Balogum and he describes it as a key that “... unlocks the door of development and modernization...” in the idea of an educated person in contemporary African thought(117). This thought points out that parents think of the child’s future when forcing children to go to school. Also Balogum state that “...the concept of ‘education’ and ‘educated person’ are both common in all cultures”(118). Although both are familiar for people for people, most people may confuse these two claims and there is a link between them. Education is a lifelong process so being an educated man is connected with the developmental process. Also to have education there is no age limit. Balgum point that “...from womb to the tomb”(120) totally fits the previous sentence. The author supports his ideas by saying that “ In Rome, an educated person was a person who was a good orator and one who excelled in the military training...”(112). This example shows that in ancient times people who had various jobs were educated. Oth...