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The Army And Online Education
The armed forces are extremely important to every country. In order to survive and prosper, we need brave and courageous individuals that are prepared to fight for their country and preserve our way of life. However, although they appear to be heroes, we often neglect them in terms of their own futures when they do retire from the army in the years to come. Some army training facilities incorporate an education for individuals signing up, but the majority of them do not. This is where online education often comes in handy!
Online education has opened up an equal possibility for everyone to learn what he or she wants and when he or she wants. It has enabled a high percentage of individuals that thought they would never get the same opportunities as everyone else to learn the same subjects and skills that everyone attending university does every day. Education is far more accessible and that actually included individuals in the army. Online opportunities are vast for the military personnel that do want to advance themselves and yet do not have the time because they have an amazingly vital function to serve for this country. They have as much right as anyone else to an education, if not more so, and thus it is about time that they had the opportunity to prove that they are as worthy of a college degree as everyone else!
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Understanding and Unleashing the Transformative Powers of Education
As a child, my parents always impressed upon me the importance of getting a good education. My father in particular, always told my siblings and I that we should strive to be number one in our studies. Because of the strict nature of my father, getting good grades was the rule, while getting low grades resulted in punishment. Needless to say, my siblings and I achieved honor role status throughout our K through middle school years. However, as I hit high school things began to change for me. I was no longer that little boy that followed my father’s every wish out of fear. By now, I had been hardened by the tough streets of Brooklyn and questioned whether getting a good (formal) education could take me out of this environment.
You see, in my community, I knew of few high school graduates, much less college graduates. My parents had limited education and struggled to provide for my siblings and I. Like many that grew up in poor communities, I experienced my fair share of pain and struggles. Like many of today’s youth that are dropping out of high school in record numbers, I too doubted the transformative powers of formal education touted by my parents and teachers. I did not believe that formal education alone could transform my socio-economic situation. As a result, I began to devalue formal education and withdrew (cutting classes regularly). Luckily, I began to realize the error in my thinking brought about by the intervention of a high school guidance counselor. I struggled to graduate high school, needing to attend summer school two years in a row in addition to night school. Nevertheless, I did graduate-But what next!?
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