The importance of getting an education

Tonight, I realized the importance of getting an education, of bettering myself, and of moving forward in life rather than stagnantly and lazily keeping the status quo, the easy way out. Tonight was one of those nights; we've all had them.  Tonight... well, let's not talk about tonight.

I'm sure many of you know that working fast food or retail jobs can be an absolute nightmare at times. But, we do it because we need to pay the bills and the work is easy to find and get.  We work these jobs not necessarily to take advantage of the easy way out but because we have to.  We have to temporarily sacrifice our livelihood so that we can someday work the job of our dreams.

Others take the easy way out. They don't have the drive to continue in school, nor the desire to work their way out of the minimum wage rut even if they can't get through school.

We, as future teachers, hold a huge responsibility.  We have to teach kids more than just the materials; we have to teach them about life.  We have to encourage them to be everything that they can be, to meet their potential.  We have to let them know that they don't have to be rocket scientists or nuclear engineers, just that they can't settle for the easy way out.  We have to encourage them to make the best of what they have and to always be pushing for more.

No one wants to work in a fast food joint all their life.  Let's help the next generation so they won't have to put up with nights like this for any longer than they have to.