"Mejoremos nuestras escuelas

What does an education mean?  It means a path to open doors.  Doors that can provide a much easier and happier lifestyle.  However, I took a trip down to Mexico and that was the last thing on people's mind.  The people that live there are overwhelmed with they're duties they must fulfill if their family are going to survive.  Furthermore, these duties are not just a burden for the parents, but for the children as well.  It's a sad sight to see an entire family forced to work to just provide the necessities of life.

The blame for these conditions don't fall on to the kids, or the parents, or even the grandparents.  The blame rests on the government and the surrounding communities lack of initiative to give the people an education.  These families don't have the privilege of obtaining a good education, that further on down the road, will give them the capability of acquiring a job to properly provide for their family.  A reason for this is: education in Mexico is not free.  The family must pay for the child to go to school to obtain a quality education otherwise the child must go without.  In America, we aren't faced with such a challenge of having to pay for our education.  We have had the benefit of our government and our neighboring communities aid in the provide the young generation with the tools and skills to be successful and the privilege to be blessed with a free education.  The story must flip for most of the countries in Latin America.  They must face the harsh truth, that without money, nothing can change for them or their family.  That for generations to come their fate is sealed.  As a result, the society begins to lack the necessary development to maintain level grounds with modern society as more and more people must succumb to the lack of an education.  If no proper growth occurs, then development will cease to exist.

Even though things are bad for the people their is hope for them.  This hope isn't found through foreign help or even their own government's help.  Hope can be found right in their own communities.  Their are companies in the same areas that have significant higher earnings than their neighbors.    If these companies truly care for the well-being of others, they should put their extra earnings to be used for a positive impact that helps others and not just themselves.  The education system has numerous areas that can be aided.  A couple areas they can help in is giving the teachers an increase in salary.  The teachers in the system are paid to little to attract anyone and more so incapable provide for themselves.  If the teachers have an increase in salary, more people are likely to become a teacher themselves and in return the education system can develop and a higher quality of education can be taught to the students.  One more area of importance that, if solved, can change the entire structure of the country: blessing all kids with a chance at a free education.  Education in our society is looked as if it's a burden when its really a privilege, and one that should not be taken for granted.  In their's, its a stroke of luck that has been given to them.  If the surrounding companies aided in providing all the children with a free education then a chance for development can occur and the society will be allowed to take proper shape.  

By : Tanner
5th period