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From Report Of The Massachusetts Board Of Education By Horace Mann

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Some may think we have finally reached an equal state of opportunity for education across the nation, but is it safe to say the material being taught in school is preparing our children adequately for future success in the flow of the real world? In his short essay, From Report of the Massachusetts Board Of Education, 1848,” Horace Mann writes on behalf the importance and benefits the economy will have if everybody had the chance to be educated, and what was being taught in school is beneficial to the nation and individual success. I strongly believe that the main problems of higher education in 2015 are high tuition cost, a prolonged graduation system, and money being invested in other interest before professors and classrooms. This is not …show more content…

There are students ranging from all levels of social class dealing with the same problem, and it only seems to be getting worse, and in most cases almost impossible for lower social-class students to afford a four-year program. In an article “The Problems (And Solutions) of Higher Education,” produced collectively by HuffPost’s Girls in STEM Mentorship Program, discuss the issue of high intuition setbacks they experience. One student wrote about her acceptance to George Town University Law School. A school she had been dying to go to because of its top LLM program in the nation; it had a prime location, a network of well-connected professionals in the federal government for her specific program she was deeply committed to. “I couldn’t wait to begin. After four years of working in the field as a professional lawyer, I was itching to deepen my knowledge in a subject that I loved”(Ruytenbeek), however, tuition cost for that program totaled 42,072 over two years, part-time and it was not something she could afford. She didn’t attend but instead looked for other solutions to grow and learn for a fraction of the price. She claims that education is not the focus of many universities. Her experience is one of many students, and it goes to show that young American adults are in fact eager and dedicated to learn and become citizens with skills and hard work-ethic that could bring something new to the table, but are in fact facing barriers to earn the credentials that society demands of them. It sounds frustrating even thinking about it. Now, imagine the pressure of students that come from a lot less, and the discouragement they feel when money is the biggest problem, keeping some students from being the first one in their family to go to college. Why wouldn’t they drop out when the

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