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Why is education important?

Education is the transmission of knowledge from one person to another.

By Filipi KallhoffPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
Why is education important?
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Education is the transmission of knowledge from one individual to another. It is learning to achieve a deeper knowledge and understanding of a variety of subjects in a school setting that is applied in our everyday life. It is not limited to just knowledge from books, but can also be achieved through practical experiences and our everyday activities outside the school or classroom setting.

PROVIDES STABILITY

By being well educated and holding a college or university degree, you can increase your chances for a better life ahead, and better caand reer opportunities either as a salary earner or a business owner. It can also open new doors for you.

PROVIDES FINANCIAL SECURITY

A good and quality education tends to lead to a higher paying job as well as provide you with the skills to become an entrepreneur.

SELF DEPENDENCY

Being educated makesdecidesion on our own, it makes us financially independent. if we are educated, then it's something that belongs to us and only us, allowing us to rely on no one else other than ourselves.

SELF CONFIDENCE

Becoming self-confident is a major part of being successful in life and through education, you can gain more confidence to prove your knowledge and also to express your opinions, and be outspoken in public.

DEVELOPING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

Education teaches us how to obtain and develop critical and logical thinking and also make independent decisions. Not only by making strong decisions but by finding solid and reliable arguments and evidence to back up and confirm their decisions.

PROVIDES A PROSPEROUS AND A HAPPY LIFE FOR THE FUTURE

Education has 100% secured respect from society. To have a comfortable lifestyle, people should get educated and get a well-paid job to be successful or rather become entrepreneurs or business owners. It helps us gain a better reputation in society or community and it increases our chances of always aiming higher getting to the top easier and faster.

CREATES A MODERN SOCIETY

Education is the key essence of a modern society, whereby one needs to learn about culture, history, and other important aspects of life. It molds people into leaders not only with knowledge but also shows them how to lead with values and emotions. Being educated can make you tell the difference between right and wrong. It helps to reduce crime rates because it's only competent and well-educated leaders that can help guide us down the good and right path.

BRIDGING THE BORDERS

By digitalizing education, it helps us connect with people and organizations around the world, There would be no barriers and we would be able to communicate and share opinions with people from other countries and cultures, widening our horizons and it will help us understand and appreciate each other.

MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE

As the saying goes "if you can dream it, you can achieve it". As education is the most powerful tool or weapon you can possibly have, with it you can make all your dreams come true. Of course, there is a certain expectations, depending on what you are aiming for. But to be honest, with the education you are willing to go as far as you want.

PROVIDES A SAFER WORLD

Education is not something based on a personal level but instead, on a global level, it's something that keeps our world safe and makes it more peaceful. it can help us stay out of risky situations.

PROVIDES ECONOMIC GROWTH ON A NATIONAL LEVEL

A society that is educated can help boost the economic growth or stability of a nation. We need to continue to learn and make research to constantly stay innovative, stay creative, etc. A country with a higher literacy rate can also tend to be better in economic situations. With a more educated population, more employment opportunities are opened. It provides a productive society.

Education allows us to analyze what's in front of us, and even learn from our mistakes. It helps us to have the logic to set our minds to something and have a zeal to achieve it. An educated nation knows the importance of voting, doing so with the knowledge of what is right and not voting blindly, but also understanding what each particular party stands for.

PERSONAL GROWTH

The importance of education extends to our personal growth by constantly educating ourselves asking questions and wanting to know more. We can move forward and achieve things we never imagined before, it can help us to get to know ourselves better, and we can learn things about ourselves through books, or consulting with a professional.

TEACHES VALUES

Values are taught through education. It exists far more than being taught in a classroom or sitting for an exam. As the saying goes "charity begins at home" so education, it's been taught at home first through what our parents showed us. It sharpens our thinking, it helps us to think sharply and clearly.

BECOMING THE FULLY POTENTIAL VERSION OF YOU

Education allows us to become our highest, to become the best, fullest version of ourselves, learning about what we are interested in, and what we are good at, making us self-aware and conscious about our society and the world at large. It can help us establish our place in this world and make us feel complete. It helps to keep our mind and body together.

Knowing the importance of Education makes us know that education goes so much beyond just getting a job and making our parents happy rather it is one of the most powerful tools which helps us open our eyes to know and understand the world properly. There are so many opportunities for us, to be educated in one way or another.

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Filipi Kallhoff

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