Education Definition

From the beginning of the semester, whether or not we chose to or not, we have all critically contemplated some part of education. Education itself is a very broad topic, but I feel at some point or another the readings and writings we have done this semester have impelled us to think about a specific point in our lives or maybe even in the life of someone else.

For me, I could relate a lot of the readings back to my major. With our education system changing to incorporate more and more technology every year it is only natural that we have focused on it more than once. From the first day in class we knew we would have to sign up for this very blog post. Then, with readings such as "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower" and "The Lesson" we see underprivileged schools and children. These situations have always been a problem, but in our modern world today we see that gap between being able to afford conventional education tools or not widening because those education tools are becoming more expensive with this technological school system. If I didn't have technology I had in high school I would never want to be a computer scientist today. This is why we need to better monitor our schools budgeting in this up-incoming education system.

I see that a lot of other people in their class chose their research paper topic not for personal reasons. This shows that the class has got us not only thinking about our own education or our own field, but it has us wanting to better education for everyone. For example, Colleen's paper will never affect her education, yet she as well as everyone else in the classroom after listening became very interested in learning about the inflections and grammar of sign language. If this is true in classrooms across the nation then I see so much potential for not only what our nation's students can do for themselves but also for how they can benefit everyone else as well. Those who aren't as privileged will still have to work harder for the things they want and I believe they have and will continue to, for example what "Living Savage Inequalities".

Education has a literal meaning, and it has a personal meaning for everyone too. I believe education ultimately has to do with the goals people want to achieve in their life and the things people learn to achieve those goals.

I believe the most important question we can ask in educational studies is:
How can we continue to better our always changing, never finishing educational system?