Catching Up To The Modern Day

 Catching Up To The Modern Day

    Public Education has had a long battle throughout several different decades and centuries to reach the point that is has today. Through the several large hurdles such as the battle for public education to even be an option to the battle that tore down the walls that were segregation. It is nothing short of a miracle that everything has reached that point it is in today. Where distance becomes less and less of an issue because of the distance thanks to public education, education becomes more and more accessible. However, despite the many growths, inequality is something that is still hiding beneath the surface. With education becoming more accessible, the struggle between economic and social classes continue to plague the less fortunate in these areas. 

    The diversity of America has become one of its many strong suits, but it also has introduced many more challenges that children and parents will have to face. The largest battle being that of money and how freely one can use it. With many parents coming from out of the country, they struggle with being able to properly support their children with education. In many studies conducted and researched by the National Library of Medicine has shown that kids when given the chance of higher education are more likely too appreciate it because of what they lack compared to more privileged children. However, they often lose and never get to appreciate those opportunities often due to the fact that their family are unable to fund or give them the same opportunities, which would negatively effect children down the road. 

    I have seen the wonders that a chance of good education has done for those that are less fortunate. They gain more opportunities and truly excel in careers and ways of life they wish to seek. I remember back during elementary, middle, and even high school kids of less privileged and foreign backgrounds are always the ones to reach the top with test scores and class grades that outdo all others. It was thanks to the opportunities given to them because of their schools and educators that allowed them to reach things that would have one been impossible for less fortunate children no more than a hundred years ago. I've met people of all races, social classes, and backgrounds that have done things that would blow the mind of people living in the early 1900s. Education is the definition of a true equalizer that gives all children the same chances and abilities, and as Public Education continues to grow and strive, children will gain more opportunities than ever. It isn't perfect, but we have come a long way from the hundreds of years ago since education truly started.