We're all the same... but diff | Part 2

The second thing I have found everyone wants is to have their children be well educated. Growing up my parents always emphasized the importance of having a quality education. Heck, they moved were into my childhood home because of the school district way back before I was born. I was also grounded if I got grades below an 85 (I’m still a bit bitter about this one haha).

While traveling around the globe and meeting people from all different walks of life there have been many similar stories of parents pushing for their kids to do well in school. This is especially common in developing regions as parents always mention wanting their children to have better lives than they had, which includes being educated and creating opportunities they didn’t have access to.

This is a topic which is very frequently discussed in Western news media, but it is usually highlighting the divisive aspects of education, not breaking it back down to the core which is that parents all want their children to be well educated and have better livelihoods than they did. It’s fascinating watching people discuss how to improve education in a way that only benefits their viewpoint of life instead of trying to help improve our nation’s education system as a whole. The best way to improve our country is to help educate ALL children to the best of our abilities (which to be fair is a lot better than they're currently being given). The realities surrounding our ever changing world and the access to different types of materials while growing up aren’t going to stop, and quite frankly…. If something is being discussed in school then it was probably being discussed at the bus stop many years prior.

What does a quality education look like to you? Are you hoping your children get into a good college? Do you value life skills being taught? Should we be teaching people how to be better citizens of their community??