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Thai Vo

Professor Gregory

Comp 1

02-16-13

The Public Purpose of Education

            In the Movie Billy Madison from the 90’s, Billy is given the opportunity to take over the family business but he needs to prove that he can run the family business by making it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade. Billy must have an education so it will look better to the public for him and his father’s company. One of the scenes in the movie Billy pretends to have mental problems or be an idiot at a diner with his father business workers.  A little after that the workers are playing pool and they are talking about when Billy will get himself together to run his father company with an education. His father even said “oh Billy when are you going to get yourself together”. This show that society looks upon us better or worse depending on what kind of education we have, they give us more respect and most people want that. In this paper I will discuss how the society now we look at people achievements they have done throughout their life to see if they are qualify or deserve the job or career they are pursuing.  Anyone can run a company, that doesn’t mean they will run it the best, having an education will give you somewhat of an advantage but having experience is what you really need.  Society doesn’t care about your experience, as much as your education you had, so that’s why most people strive for an education.  The main purpose of education is financial stability in my opinion.

            Most of us go to college for financial stability because we want to do well in life. The Government provides us with student loans, Finical Aid and all these ways to get us through college. They also provide us with community college, it’s cheaper than a University and the environment is just better for people at the Community College. The State tries their best to fund us for college. Yes, College has been easier for everyone to go through with the help of the government, but why is the government helping us?  Well the answer is simple; they want all of us to have the opportunity to have a higher education. The state already is providing free education for us with elementary school, middle school and high school to prepare us for college.  Doing this we go for higher jobs or go for jobs that are needed in society.  “Roosevelt said we entrust the building of our children’s whom we, as a rule” (Roosevelt 4).  I think Roosevelt is saying if you closely look at why the government makes education so easy to us now, If we get a free education most people can’t resist, as they grow up their culture or society around them influences them for their career and the United States always needs more people for jobs that require education not a regular job at a fast food restaurant.  Education is important for us because it will help us get jobs, our critical thinking skills will be better and our self-achievements will better.

A Personal Purpose of Education: Why it Matters?

            There are many private and public reasons for people to go to college for a higher education. The main purpose of education in my eyes is for the fulfillments of completing 4 years of college or more. Franklin D states,  “It can do much in directing thought and formulating standards”(6). Most College student go to college due to the fact their parents talked about how college is the right choice or they see their friends going to College so they followed. College students find that getting an education in that skills set is best for them because the other skills they are good at isn’t financially stable for them.  Many are motivated to go to College because they have this dream they will be successful right out of college no matter what or some think I owe a lot of money now but I’ll make more money later so I will be able to pay It back quickly. Pride or self-achievement is one of the biggest factors for going to a big University, since they want their friends and family to be proud or jealous of them and they want to feel good about themselves. A Majority of us are getting an education because it’s an opportunity most people either can’t resist or need.  The fact we need a community in our College makes it better for us and more motivated for an education.

            Sir Robinson got his PhD at the University of London and has been a professors at University of Warwick for 12 years. In Sir Ken Robinson talk he said, “we live in a community of people. We have to be able to relate and function with diversity. The arts, especially music, express our inter-connectedness”.  Robinson describes that if we didn’t have all these influences the society wouldn’t be as big and opened as it is now. .  Robinson also talks about the public and personal purpose of education is inter-connected and essential. I also think he is telling us without a community our minds won’t expand; therefore we won’t always be trying new things or getting introduced to different opinions.  We all need some culture or diversity in our life to evolve as a society or individual. The College Board said the” college boards mission is to connect students to collage success and opportunity”.  The College Board is trying to provide chances or a community for the students so they can expand there culture.

There ware two types of Purpose of Education, one being personal and the other being public reason.  The main purpose of education that was personal was a sense of a community and culture for the students.  A public reason was financial stability because its what will get us through life.  Sir Robinson, Roosevelt and the College Board provided much useful information about these points.  Those are the two main reasons why people mainly go to college.