In keeping with my trend to connect my posts with my teams policy proposal that is about education, I found this article about a girl's school in Haiti. Many may not realize that after the tragedy in Haiti, the already shaky educational system was hit very hard when school buildings were destroyed. This article reports on how excited the young girls of the Collège Classique Féminin were more than ecstatic to begin their first school year after the earth-quake. The first thing that comes to mind is just how much we in the American school systems take education for granted. How many of us would really be this excited to return to school?
-Victoire
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/world/americas/15haiti.html?_r=1&hp
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Education is not the only thing that Americans take for granted. As America continues to grow and expand, many changes occur such as improvements in technology or the transformation to a more luxurious life. Americans need to look back into the early 20th century, what it was like then, and stop sitting on the comfortable life that has been given to them. They must look for new ways to grow.
ReplyDeleteMichelle Watkins
I completely agree with Michelle. America takes their resources for granted on a daily basis. It is true to say that you don't know what you have until it is gone. Just think how often us students diligently check our emails only hoping to find the email that declares the cancelation of class. In contrast, students in many other countries similar to Haiti would give anything to attend school on a regular basis. I believe that we need to take more action in aiding underdeveloped countries. We possess numerous amounts of resources that we could share with others.
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