Write@Home
Winter 2015

Education

chalkboard sketch of person standing above all on a stack of books

“Mind is a terrible thing to waste" – Anonymous

Education is the most powerful tool one can use to defend oneself. Education is good, because it provides knowledge to be able to reason and be creative. Education narrows the gap between the rich and the poor. Education is good because when you are educated you became important to society

I was born in Africa whereby I did not have the opportunity to be able to build my basic mathematics skills from grassroots. I did not get all the training and skills I needed to be able to further my study and become a computer engineer. However, despite all that I managed to fight through life. I came to Canada 5 years ago. I realized that in Canada education is free to everyone. Thus, I managed to continue with my basic math, English and computer skills to be able to find a better job. I am now doing my English LINC Home Study to improve my basic grammar skills so that I can challenge the job market.

It is with this background that education is so important for every human being around the world. I will close with this code: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela