regardless socio/economic status, if you understand the importance of education or being educated on issues that may affect you, you do a great service to yourself and ultimately you family and community.
regardless of church or org. affiliation, we all must agree on the problem and be willing work collectively on the solution. we must also respect that people may have different ways of reaching the goal. undermining ourselves has been a detriment to our progress as a community.
personally, i slightly disagree with lovehaiku in that i dont feel that those of us in higher income brackets need to help the lower class. i refuse to help anyone if they are unwilling to educate themselves and do the necessary self-work. i am always willing to share what i know. but you can lead a horse to water but etc.
times are different. information is out there and we all need to make the effort to learn or be left behind.
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Originally posted by Lady of Pearl
Yes, the idea that education is a way out of poverty, is so true- children need to understand the importance of it, just today I was explaining to my second graders that there is not one job where the ability to read is not important, and how tests will be a huge factor in their lives from their academic to their professional career choices. No one wants to hire an incompetent person! Also, in addition to education a trade or a skill should be learned to keep one versatile or marketable. As my aunt would tell me when I was growing up learn how to do more than one thing! We also must be willing to become entrepreneurs rather than mere consumers in this society whereby we can create jobs and opportunities for ourselves.
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