Group Work Discussion (Rachel / Rachele / David O. / Cody)
What aspect of Education for All has group concentrated on this project? Use the comments section of this post to discuss your group's work, research and findings and your opinions about the topic(s) you've been studying.
My group has researched poverty and education, and education in un-developed countries. Through out this project we have found many problems, plans, and solutions. My opinion on our topic would be that we need a lot more references towards school supplies, books, pencils, even funding to build schools. Some countries don’t realize how important education for all is, they need to be shown how much it is used in everyday life, and how much it can pay off. You usually have an advantage if you have an education, by graduating high school and college. Just by graduating college you have a better chance of receiving a job then someone who only has a high school diploma. Education for all is a very important issue, it should be taken more seriously by people who don’t appreciate it.
Our group's topics were poverty and education and education in un-developed countries. When we were researching them, we found problems and then made a plan and solution. I thought that many of the problems were very similar, and the two topics could almost have been combined. I think that we had many similar problems because there is poverty in many un-developed countries. Something else that I noticed while researching our topics was how hard it is for many people living in poverty to get an education, even if they get the chance. If someone is working when they are young to make money for their family, but then get a chance to get an education, they could go but then wouldn't be able to work. I think that poverty is an endless cycle because of situations like that.
Over the past week my group has been splitting up to find information on some problems for education for all. Our research problems were education and how it related to education and education in undeveloped countries. The problem with poverty and education is that some people believe education is not necessary when there poor and must work to put food on the table. This was a tricky problem because if they ever want to do something more with there life, like getting a better job, they need education. But they also need to remember they have to afford money for food. My opinion to having this fixed is to have classes early in the morning for people and classes late giving people a chance to get some education in times that could work for the working class. Also education is a huge problem in underdeveloped countries. The problem here is that the government isn't giving enough money towards the schools so they can get some what of a decent education. My opinion to this problem is to bring in more supplies to the students and classrooms. Education is such a big key right now, if these people in the countries can't get a good education, they will not be able to become something they never had a chance to be. When our group found a chart about dropouts compared to people that stayed for college, the people that dropped out filled up on the percent of poverty. If these countries had programs to put people in to college if the students wanted to, this would eliminate a lot of poverty.
Our group has focused on two main topics for the 20/20 project: poverty in education, and education in underdeveloped or remote areas. We researched these topics thoroughly, and created a PowerPoint and a poster to display our findings. We formatted our work to display three problems, three plans and three solutions for each topic. The problems were more specific areas of the topic that need improvement. The plan is the general overview of how to solve the problem, and the solution is the detailed step-by-step instructions on how to solve the problem. I think that improving education in underdeveloped areas and areas with poverty are a priority, but there may be one or two problems that are more important. Even if there was education in these regions it wouldn’t be any good if the quality of the education was poor, and there were no resources.
I am responding to Rachel’s comment, I agree that it’s hard for people living in poverty to get an education. Almost all the children are doing, are working to help support their family. The parents aren’t worrying about an education because they are only thinking of supporting their family too. I also agree that poverty is an endless cycle, because if you were born into poverty, your most likely going to grow up in it. The same for if your parent didn’t receive an education, you probably wouldn’t either. Challenge 20/20 has helped me realize how much of an advantage you have when you receive an education.
I agree with Cody 100% with how education is not only quantity but also quality. It's like having enough teachers but if the teachers did not know what they were doing they would be useless. So when you look at fixing education in remote areas in underdeveloped countries, you need to remember quality is just as important as quantity. But still if we were able to fix all these problems in remote areas, there's the problem with students. There would be a problem with having to get students into the classroom. If parents are not totally sure about sending their child to school, that is a problem.
I agree that classes would have to be at times where people who work can go to them. That would work especially well if they were for college-age people. For younger children, a program could be made where if a family in poverty sends their child to school, the government gives them some money. The money could make up for some of the money that the child wouldn't make while they are in schoool.
I also wanted to point out to David the fact that "there" can't be used for "their" or "they're."
In response to Rachele’s comment I agree that there is a greater need for school supplies, but along with the resources I think that more people should want to go to school. With education about the world’s problems, more could be done to prevent them from happening. I also agree that there are people who underestimate the value of education. But there are also people who think that education has a lower priority than the culture of an area. There are people who would rather keep the insufficient small schools that may only have one teacher, rather than close them down for a larger, and better school, just because the small schools have been around since the 1800s.
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My group has researched poverty and education, and education in un-developed countries. Through out this project we have found many problems, plans, and solutions. My opinion on our topic would be that we need a lot more references towards school supplies, books, pencils, even funding to build schools. Some countries don’t realize how important education for all is, they need to be shown how much it is used in everyday life, and how much it can pay off. You usually have an advantage if you have an education, by graduating high school and college. Just by graduating college you have a better chance of receiving a job then someone who only has a high school diploma. Education for all is a very important issue, it should be taken more seriously by people who don’t appreciate it.
Our group's topics were poverty and education and education in un-developed countries. When we were researching them, we found problems and then made a plan and solution. I thought that many of the problems were very similar, and the two topics could almost have been combined. I think that we had many similar problems because there is poverty in many un-developed countries. Something else that I noticed while researching our topics was how hard it is for many people living in poverty to get an education, even if they get the chance. If someone is working when they are young to make money for their family, but then get a chance to get an education, they could go but then wouldn't be able to work. I think that poverty is an endless cycle because of situations like that.
Over the past week my group has been splitting up to find information on some problems for education for all. Our research problems were education and how it related to education and education in undeveloped countries. The problem with poverty and education is that some people believe education is not necessary when there poor and must work to put food on the table. This was a tricky problem because if they ever want to do something more with there life, like getting a better job, they need education. But they also need to remember they have to afford money for food. My opinion to having this fixed is to have classes early in the morning for people and classes late giving people a chance to get some education in times that could work for the working class. Also education is a huge problem in underdeveloped countries. The problem here is that the government isn't giving enough money towards the schools so they can get some what of a decent education. My opinion to this problem is to bring in more supplies to the students and classrooms. Education is such a big key right now, if these people in the countries can't get a good education, they will not be able to become something they never had a chance to be. When our group found a chart about dropouts compared to people that stayed for college, the people that dropped out filled up on the percent of poverty. If these countries had programs to put people in to college if the students wanted to, this would eliminate a lot of poverty.
Our group has focused on two main topics for the 20/20 project: poverty in education, and education in underdeveloped or remote areas. We researched these topics thoroughly, and created a PowerPoint and a poster to display our findings. We formatted our work to display three problems, three plans and three solutions for each topic. The problems were more specific areas of the topic that need improvement. The plan is the general overview of how to solve the problem, and the solution is the detailed step-by-step instructions on how to solve the problem. I think that improving education in underdeveloped areas and areas with poverty are a priority, but there may be one or two problems that are more important. Even if there was education in these regions it wouldn’t be any good if the quality of the education was poor, and there were no resources.
I am responding to Rachel’s comment, I agree that it’s hard for people living in poverty to get an education. Almost all the children are doing, are working to help support their family. The parents aren’t worrying about an education because they are only thinking of supporting their family too. I also agree that poverty is an endless cycle, because if you were born into poverty, your most likely going to grow up in it. The same for if your parent didn’t receive an education, you probably wouldn’t either. Challenge 20/20 has helped me realize how much of an advantage you have when you receive an education.
***responding to Cody’s comment***
I agree with Cody 100% with how education is not only quantity but also quality. It's like having enough teachers but if the teachers did not know what they were doing they would be useless. So when you look at fixing education in remote areas in underdeveloped countries, you need to remember quality is just as important as quantity. But still if we were able to fix all these problems in remote areas, there's the problem with students. There would be a problem with having to get students into the classroom. If parents are not totally sure about sending their child to school, that is a problem.
*response to david's comment*
I agree that classes would have to be at times where people who work can go to them. That would work especially well if they were for college-age people. For younger children, a program could be made where if a family in poverty sends their child to school, the government gives them some money. The money could make up for some of the money that the child wouldn't make while they are in schoool.
I also wanted to point out to David the fact that "there" can't be used for "their" or "they're."
In response to Rachele’s comment
I agree that there is a greater need for school supplies, but along with the resources I think that more people should want to go to school. With education about the world’s problems, more could be done to prevent them from happening. I also agree that there are people who underestimate the value of education. But there are also people who think that education has a lower priority than the culture of an area. There are people who would rather keep the insufficient small schools that may only have one teacher, rather than close them down for a larger, and better school, just because the small schools have been around since the 1800s.
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