Aspiring Education

Education is a must on every people’s lives, a requirement for a person to be successful in life. We can all remember how our parents scold as, as we disobeyed on what they are telling us to do. My parents inspire me about education. Both of them finished high school and graduated in college; my father graduate with a Master’s Degree while my mother has a Bachelor’s Degree. They struggled so hard to be successful, so my siblings and I will have a healthier life, a better house, family and a brighter education.

In this quote Chanakya said, “Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.” Chanakya interprets that it is the most powerful and the best treasure in all things that you will achieve in life. Education is intensely vital; it can strongly provide one with priceless life opportunities, ultimately save one from a life of agony, and powerfully free those who are understated.

Further, she later explains, “Along the way there has been straw for the taking. With a little imagination, it can be spun into gold.” Sandra articulates the idea that we can create a better person in ourselves if we allow education to permit to take a hold of us. The author suggests that even with a little imagination you can achieve your dream. Therefore, in her narrative, Cisneros ultimately reveals that we just need to turn our dreams into reality.

In “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass emphasizes that education is the key to freedom. For example, he explains, “Under its influences, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to a tiger-like fierceness.” Douglass conveys the idea that his once gentle mistress transformed into a cruel woman who did not want him to get educated. The author suggests that his mistress became gullible to the ignorant ideas about slavery. Further, he later explains, “The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness.” Douglass implies the idea that he found a new hope of freedom to slavery that makes his soul to eternal wakefulness. The author suggests that if he has the determination and work-hard he will become a free person and not a slave. Thus, in his slave narrative, Douglass ultimately reinforces the concept that only education will provide one with liberty and self-determination.

In “Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie emphasizes that education can save one’s life. For example, he explains, “We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually managed to find some minimum wage job or another, which made us middle class by reservation standards. I had a brother and three sisters. We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and government surplus food.” Alexie express the idea that they’re living in poverty and they survived because of his parent’s minimum wage job. The author suggests that they still persist to live on a world of hope, fear, irregular paychecks, and government surplus food. Further, Alexie interprets, “I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives.” Alexie conveys the idea that he struggled, studied hard, and stood up just to save the other Indians and escape from the reservation. The author suggests that if you study hard you can get out, from the reservation, and be a free Indian. Thus, in his narrative, Alexie ultimately reinforces the concept that only education will provide one with valuable life opportunities.

The three authors showed the different essential sides of education. Education is intensely vital; it can robustly provide one with opportunities, ultimately save one from a life of misery, and mightily free those who are discreet. In this quote, Carl Rogers said, “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn.” Carl conveys that if you know how to listen, speak, read, and learned how to learn it means that you are an educated person. He also interprets that you will not be educated if you don’t know how to learn. Therefore, we should take advantage of education while it last.