I think that this class has been incredibly rewarding for me. Personally, the reason that I went to college was for classes like this, that not only provide valuable information, but make you think critically. I think we now have a responsibility to pass this knowledge to others. As I said in class, I still have a great deal of interaction with people who do not have the educational experiences I have. To me it is important that they are informed as I am. They may not have access to the dialogue we had in class and therefore, this knowledge may not be accessible to them in the same manner is was to me. However, by simply discussing what I have learned to parents, family and friends, they get that access. It is my belief that once you have gained knowledge as valuable as this it moves beyond a right and becomes a duty to tell others. While many aspects of creating a change in education are undoubtedly difficult, there are things that are simple. Creating an open dialogue among peers about our education system today and how it affects us all is easy. We have the tools, we just need to make sure that we use them whenever possible. I am happy to say that I have already started that conversation, especially with my sisters and friends to assure that they are informed about the system that their children are in and what they can do to assure that they do not get lost in the shuffle. I'm not a parent yet, but until I am, I think that I still bear some responsibility to the people I know to make sure they are informed. At the same time, I would like to see many of these problems corrected before my children have to go through what so many are going through right now. Because education is important to all, we will have plenty of opportunity to affect others. The education system is broken, we can not leave it to those in power to fix, when they do not even acknowledge so many of the problems that exist. All we need to do as England says, is to take that first step. Move forward with what we have, through conversation and actions and inevitably change will follow, which could just make education better for everyone not simply a few.
