I feel really smart and accomplished....
okay...applying for scholarships and all that jazz online, and I got one for Horace Mann....and this is my essay.
(in 300 words or less)
Essay topic: What does the future of education look like?
If asked what the future would look like, right off the top of my head, I would say computers. It is just a given fact that most people believe that in the near or not so near future, the need to be computer literate will be great. Little do these people know, the future is really in education. Without education and teachers, the great minds of the future can not be accurately developed. Teachers are a very fundamental part of our society; and unfortunately, few people truly realize this. In the future, teachers are going to need to know more than they know now. They will need to know how to teach computer processing, engineering, and many more foreign languages than they currently
do; the present, and consequently the future demand it.
Since the beginning of time, we as humans have been learning anything and everything we can; from how to make a fire from sticks and stones, to how to write a 10 page research paper without a surplus of fluff. Everything around us is steadily evolving to fit the needs of the world as we know it today. Why not education also? Sadly enough, most educators are not paid as much as doctors or lawyers, yet they are just as (if not more) important. A Lawyer may help you win a case sometime in the future, and a Doctor may find the cure for cancer; but where would they be without education? The answer is no where. Without being taught how to properly argue someone’s case, or what chemical compounds to look for, neither the Doctors nor the Lawyers do us much good. The future is coming whether we like it or not, but are we ready?
(in 300 words or less)
Essay topic: What does the future of education look like?
If asked what the future would look like, right off the top of my head, I would say computers. It is just a given fact that most people believe that in the near or not so near future, the need to be computer literate will be great. Little do these people know, the future is really in education. Without education and teachers, the great minds of the future can not be accurately developed. Teachers are a very fundamental part of our society; and unfortunately, few people truly realize this. In the future, teachers are going to need to know more than they know now. They will need to know how to teach computer processing, engineering, and many more foreign languages than they currently
do; the present, and consequently the future demand it.
Since the beginning of time, we as humans have been learning anything and everything we can; from how to make a fire from sticks and stones, to how to write a 10 page research paper without a surplus of fluff. Everything around us is steadily evolving to fit the needs of the world as we know it today. Why not education also? Sadly enough, most educators are not paid as much as doctors or lawyers, yet they are just as (if not more) important. A Lawyer may help you win a case sometime in the future, and a Doctor may find the cure for cancer; but where would they be without education? The answer is no where. Without being taught how to properly argue someone’s case, or what chemical compounds to look for, neither the Doctors nor the Lawyers do us much good. The future is coming whether we like it or not, but are we ready?