(Corporate finance) World Class Education for Our Children
No commentsBy Beth Butler
Who knows, by the time you read this article many of you have already voted for your candidate via the early voting provisions made in many states. And if that is not the case, most of you have well made up your mind on which presidential candidate you will vote for come Election Day.
As a mom of three school age children and educator of thousands of other children I have listened intently to both candidates speak their mind on providing world class education. My heart races at the thought that one candidate even goes so far as to suggest that early childhood education will become one of his hot buttons should he be elected.
Did you know that during the first five years of life ninety percent of the human brain is developed, meaning the neural pathway connections have been formed by the age of five? I find that an amazing statistic to report to fellow parents and teachers. To realize that all of those board books you share with your infant, all of the songs you sing to your baby, and all of the stories you tell to your preschooler add up to a boost of brain power for your child.
So here we have two United States presidential candidates speaking out about our education system and how they plan to help overhaul it. It is embarrassing that in other countries their children are raised from a very young age knowing not two but sometimes three and four other languages in addition to their native language.
There is a standard joke that they tell in European and Latin American countries that goes something like this, What do you call a person who speaks three languages? A trilingual person. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? A bilingual person. What do you call someone who speaks only one language? An American.
The joke is not a reflection on us as parents nor is it a reflection on us as educators. It is a reflection on our system, an obvious slam at the way in which our country has approached education and the public education system. As the parents, as the teachers, we need to stay strong and stay proud in what we do with our children in terms of educating them and preparing them for a future.
The reality of today is that these children need to be better prepared for a global society and economy. It has been obvious that our system has shortchanged us and our children in terms of that strong foundation necessary for successful travels in world that is ever shrinking. Budget cuts have taken away many of the arts in our public schools and money for private school funding seems to be shriveling up across our great nation.
We need a leader, and we need a government under that leader that will take our youth under their wing and lift them up to the standards other countries have set before us. There are reasons why the European, Latin American and other world countries have surpassed us in education. I will not go into that here. Suffice it to say that when it comes to preparing our young children in the area of world languages, the United States of America has let its population down.
As parents and as teachers and as citizens who realize the value of knowing more than just English, it is our duty to stand behind our new leader and help pave the way for a lifetime of language learning for this next generation. Sure, we can kick ourselves in the rear end for not taking our high school Spanish class seriously or for skipping college French class one too many times.
As adults we have encountered many occasions in which we wish we knew more than just English. Be it a job promotion you were passed over for because the other candidate was bilingual or trilingual, be it a communication break down between you and the care provider of your child who spoke mainly French or be it a visit to a local store where the clerk knew mainly Spanish, and you longed to have command of just the basic vocabulary of some other language in addition to English.
World class education will come to our children in our lifetime if we take a stand and exercise our right to vote first of all. Secondly we will need to commit to pay higher taxes should it be requested of us in order to support new programs or new teachers to assist in guiding our children into this higher level of language acquisition. And lastly we will need to evaluate our own approach both personally and professionally about how we embrace other people, other cultures and other languages.
Our children read us well. They know when we genuinely respect another person. They know when we sincerely like and are on board with a new way of doing things. They read our barometers well do they not?
Allow your child to see a parent, a teacher, a grand parent or a friend who truly stands behind a country where world class education is no longer a catch phrase but a concept that is alive and well and kicking into high gear with a passion for creating a generation of lifetime language learners who will be the very best global citizens ever to walk this great planet.
Beth Butler is the founder of The Boca Beth ProgramScoop your child up onto your lap and Kids Who Graduate Too Early You need to tell your kids to stay in school so they can get smart, so they get to learn new things, and so they can do what they want to do when they grow up. Tell them that school is important because you have to know how to do math, read, spell, write, and the other stuff that the teacher will teach you because you will have to use all of these things throughout your whole life. Schools and kids are up in smoke because they drop out or they just don’t want to be there. They might think that they don’t need it, but that is not true at all. When they get older, they will think a lot differently about what they have done and they will hate themselves for not going all the way through school. The whole situation is somewhat ironic. Kids want to get out of school so bad because they don’t like it and later as adults they want to go back so they can get more out of life and to get more money. I know a lot of people that are trying to go back to school because their lives are not going the way that they wanted to, and they are doing it for themselves and for their family as well to give them a better life and make up for the mistakes that they have made. It also makes them feel good about themselves to know that they are doing something about it, and they can even open up their own business that they can feel proud of or help save lives by becoming a doctor or a nurse. Aydan Corkern is a writer of many topics, visit some of her sites, like Your Online Source For Publishing Information Higher Education Grants For Women Women who are slightly underprivileged or wish to pursue studies that exceed their budget can opt for the college grants. These grants can be issued for various streams like law, science, arts, or commerce etc. Financial aid being available at the right time during your college life is a very crucial thing. College grants may not be essentially to pursue the course; it can even be for personal expenditure that is expected during the course period. Women are the epicenter U.S. Government has realized the untapped potential that is vested in the womanhood and hence, is trying to polish and nurture it by providing grants for higher education. The career course that you select needs to fall under certain industry-specific discipline. Women are said to have developed, but when you get down to critical survey, you realize that their energy and knowledge isnt still being given the right respect. Surveys have shown that number of men pursuing their post- graduate any day outdoes the number of women doing it. The traditional barriers of tending a family are still a hurdle in the way of complete exploitation of the women power. Minority problems with regard to women are even worse. The imbalance in the society is hampering its overall development and hence, the Government has come up with the generous college grants for women. Womens College the way to go The U.S. Government has started promoting the cause of womens colleges as they are helping the womanhood grow in all possible ways. All types of streams can be opted for by taking grants and getting admitted into the womens colleges. Some grants are need-based and the rest of the college grants for women are merit-based. The private colleges offer almost 40% financial aids to women and it is truly a sign of greater progress. Types of College Grants for Women College Grants for Economically Challenged Women Many colleges offer these grants for the people who have the caliber but do not have the money to support their education. Helping such people is a great step in the direction of overall development of the society. College Grants for Women pursuing underrepresented courses The society has very seriously focused on the conventional careers like law, medicine, science etc. and the unconventional or non main-stream courses were meant only for the men. Anyhow, this scheme is specifically for the women who wish to break the mere societal barriers and move on in an altogether different world. Women who are supported by grants are encouraged to pursue their interest as their careers. College Grants for Single Mothers and Women who are battered Many women are not able to continue their education as they have to take care of their family single-handedly due to various reasons. There are single mothers and many women are leading a wayward life after facing domestic violence. To support the education of such women, government offers special grants. Charles Bretz has been associated with Government Grants as an advisor and consultant. To find out more on how to receive Free Government Grants visit Government Grants USA. Click Here
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By Aydan Corkern
Kids who think that they need to get out of school faster to get them a job or just to get out need to think of how it’s going to affect them later in life. It will be hard for you to get a good job and if you are skipped up a grade or grades, you may have to get a G.E.D so you can get into college. It can be hard for some people to get a G.E.D because they did not learn all the stuff that they need to know and if you did know some of it, it can be hard to remember it again. If you had done this, you will want to go back in time and kick yourself for what you had done.
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