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Friday, May 20, 2005 ( The importance of education? ) Is education important to you? Has education educate you to be a useful person who is humble and ready to share your skills and knowledge with others? Do you believe in education? In Singapore context, education is a compulsory and every child must complete their primary six educations by law. It was reinstated on 2003. Simply want to share an experience while working at Kartini restaurant. There are a number of youths working in the restaurant. By one glance it appears as if they are girls waiting to be admitting to polytechnic, or someone that is simply working part-time. They are only age from 15-18 years old. That is really young. They are working and slogging at such a young age when at this time most youngsters would still be studying and enjoy their teenage lives. The truth is ugly. They are working not because they want to but are force by their own parents, by poverty and by circumstances that does not favor them. They may have the strength now to work and slog but in 10 years time her future remains bleak unless she changes it. Nobody cares for her future and nobody can change her fate unless she alters it. For her education is a waste of money as she was nurtured to raise money for her family. She only manages to study up to primary three. With such low education, where can one go to further his/her career advancement? The answer is nowhere. Such group can only find a lowly job for the rest of their lives; they could not scale the corporate ladder not to mention the social ladder. The fact is the number of youngsters not completing their primary six educations is increasing yearly and majority is my race. Personally I do pity them for wasting their youth working. At such young age, schooling, love and fun should be their main agenda and not the issue of money. At their age I was still busy trying to complete my O levels, handling infatuations and friends. $ Issue was never in my mind. Coming from a poor family, I know the importance of education. Through education only can one break the vicious cycle of poverty and my parents stressed that umpteen times education is the key to a better life. This is You Shine or rain Calm or chaos Cry or laugh Those are the events of life Nobody can escape from that Be alone or with company Be together or separated Be in love or out of love Those are the events of life Nobody can escape from that He that creates you from liquid Wants you to make full use of your life He that says “will be it will be” Never to blame him for what have become of you This is you You make your life, this is you You make your day, this is you You and just you alone, all that happens It occur for a reason It takes place because this is You By: lost in an urban jungle 10:30 PM |