WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? Speech by Michael Gove MP to the RSA 30 June 2009 INTRODUCTION It’s a pleasure to be here at the Royal Society for the Arts – I am grateful to you Matthew for the kind invitation and appreciate the trouble you’ve taken to provide me with a platform today. I am also appreciative of the work you have done with the RSA since you took over – under your leadership the Society has flourished as never before‚ and leads debate in social policy‚ in science policy‚ and on educational
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Why is Education Important? The first thing that strikes me about education is knowledge gain. Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life. People debate over the subject of whether education is the only thing that gives knowledge. Some say‚ education is the process of gaining information about the surrounding world while knowledge is something very different. They are
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Lanutti English Comp 102 1-28-12 Is a College Education Important? Is a college education important‚ if so to what level? Should students be obligated to enroll in classes that have no direct link to their choice in a particular field of study and career path? Should having a bachelor’s degree in a particular field of study make one more qualified for a job not relating to that field? In this critical thinking assignment these are the most important and intriguing questions I was faced with. In
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On January 28 and February 4‚ the students of ENGL 695 were required to attend the UNC Interprofessional Education (IPE) Collaborative set up by the School of Medicine‚ Dentistry‚ Nursing‚ Social Work‚ Public Health‚ Pharmacy‚ Physical Therapy (PT)‚ and Occupational Therapy (OT) in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work auditorium. Students from these various healthcare disciplines were either required or volunteered to attend this conference. After meeting in a big assembly‚ smaller groups
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Unforgettable Experience I still remember my first day of school in USA. It’s an unforgettable experience that I will always remember. In 2001 my family and I moved to USA‚ Arizona from India for better life and education. I was placed at 6th grade elementary school. First day of school for any student can be hard‚ but even hard for a student who doesn’t speak a word of English. Now‚ what made my first day of school so unforgettable was how I had to find my class‚ how I had to introduce myself
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Emotional Intelligence : Is is more important than IQ For decades‚ a lot of emphasis has been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning‚ math skills‚ spatial skills‚ understanding analogies‚ verbal skills etc. Researchers were puzzled by the fact that while IQ could predict to a significant degree the academic performance and‚ to some degree‚ professional and personal success‚ there was something missing in the equation. Some of those with fabulous IQ scores were doing
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Jackson Spielvogel said‚ “Yet for all of its obvious impact‚ the American Revolution proved in the long run to be far less important to Europe than the French Revolution. The French Revolution was more complex‚ more violent‚ and far more radical in its attempt to construct both a new political order and new social order.” The French Revolution was extremely influential to the rest of Europe because it proved that a country could benefit from a republic. It also showed just how brutal a monarch could
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PARTY IN GLITZ AND GLAM I hopped off the plane at I C A With a dream and my cardigan Welcome to the land of fame excess (whoa)‚ am I gonna fit in? Jumped in the cab here I am for the first time Look to my right and I see the wonderful sign This is all so crazy‚ everybody seems so classy My tummy’s turning and I’m feeling kinda home sick Too much pressure and I’m nervous That’s when the taxi man turned on the radio And a Jay-Z song was on And the Jay-Z song was on And
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Education is a fundamental right for everyone and key to the future of any country. Education has its price everywhere‚ but the only thing more expensive than investing in education is not investing in education. Inadequate education produces high costs for society in terms of public spending‚ crime‚ health‚ and economic growth. No country can afford to leave too many of its children behind and not to help them achieve the competencies needed for a self-fulfilled life in economic independence. But
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Education is very important. It helps us gain knowledge‚ information and interpret things correctly. Education teaches us how to lead our lives by mingling in the society and turning out to be good citizens. It makes us capable of interpreting rightly the things perceived. Education teaches us right behavior and makes us civilized people. It forms as a support system to excel in life‚ to continuously learn and build confidence‚ to reason everything till every question meets its answer. The conversion
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