Education

Persons of the world are ignorant and apathetic, they don't want to know and they don't want to care. People are all too consumed with their own little bubble lives. They go from day to day and their only concerns are paying their bills, what they are going to cook for dinner that night, is my husband/wife cheating on me, and if so how can I catch them out.

The trend that stands out in all of this is that their concerns are only for the materialistic and somewhat "insignificant" things. The way a person looks or their wealth comes higher than the health of the environment or justice in society. Updating their beamer every three years, indulging in the latest celebrity gossip and crying because they missed the last episode of Desperate Housewives controls these people's minds. So then it makes you think, are these people really that self centered or perhaps are they naпve of the global issues occurring outside of their daily bubbles.

People need to be informed that there is more to life! Whilst their own issues are important, they are not the only ones with problems. Yes they have their own life behind their front doors to deal with, but so does everyone else which effectively consummates to a greater problem.

An extract from a report by the Afro Global Alliance Initiative states, "The enterprise of civil society depends on educating young people to become responsible, thoughtful and enterprising citizens. This is an intricate, challenging task requiring deep understanding of ethical principles, moral values, political theory, aesthetics, and economics, not to mention an understanding of who the children are, in themselves and in society."

Education is an essential factor in enabling change. As John Dewey said, "I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform". After all, an education is an understanding that lasts a lifetime. It is the imparting of knowledge,