Exploring the Importance and Purpose of School

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It is common that most people believe success means having a high-powered job and earning a lot of money. However, to a great extent, success is defined as a situation in which a person has achieved his/her goal and is able to support him/herself morally and financially after completing the educational process. In school thorough a good education, students learn how to plan to achieve their goals. They also learn how to think critically and creatively, and improve the other skills they need. By exploring different subjects and fields they recognize their interests and abilities which lead them to achieve success. In schools students are encouraged to overcome their weaknesses through their strengths. John Gatto is imprudent when he stated in his article, Against School, schooling is not what brings people to success ,because schools play a big role for students to reach their goals and be successful.

In daily lives, one needs to have different skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, as well as social skills. These skills are important tools which build self-esteem in an individual. Self-esteem, in turn, gives a person strong ability to reach his/her goal and support him/herself in each step of life. In general, thinking plays a vital role in our daily lives before taking any actions. The quality of life can be determined by the quality of thinking. The quality of thinking can be determined by the skill which enables one to evaluate his/her thinking. The result of evaluation has an important affect on one’s life in a positive or negative way. Success usually, and in many cases, comes to people who have strong evaluation skills. It could be either in friendship or even choosing a right job. In his ar...

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...are a lot of successful people that reached their goal without being schooled. However, not everyone is able to succeed like them. Most students need schools to guide their steps towards their destination.

A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947, has been called the best play ever written by an American. The geological setting of the play, New Orleans, creates a remarkably blended mood of decadence, nostalgia.

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