We’re always being told of the importance of a good education, we are encouraged to get one, we encourage our children to get one, but why? Why is education important? Does an education really make your life better?
Here’s my perspective. I am the daughter of an immigrant Mexican mother. My mother was born and raised in Mexico. She has a sixth grade education and an extreme amount of drive. When she moved to the U.S.A., she won a contest and chose to attend beauty school. She could have taken her winnings and used them for something else, but after the money was spent then what? Thanks to her having the sense to attend a vocational school, she was able to support two children as a single mom. A woman with a cosmetology license is eminently more employable than a woman with just a sixth grade education.
My story is a little different. I was born and raised in the U.S.A. I loved school from an early age and I graduated summa cum laude from college. Has my education made a difference in my life? YES! Has my education opened doors for me? YES!
I can see the difference that an education can make from just one generation to the next. The comparison of the opportunities available to me as opposed to those available to my mother…well, there just is NO comparison.
An education is valuable for many reasons, but what I love the most about it is…
An education is yours for life, to do with as you wish, to use to your advantage, to continue, or to share with others.
I want to ask you to watch the following video and to share it with others because for the third year in a row the Neutrogena® Wave for Change® campaign is helping to change the lives of kids in need. For every Wave for Change® video view, $1 will be donated to GlobalGiving to support U.S. educational organizations: Knowledge is Power Program, Para Los Ninos, and Education Through Music. The goal is to reach $250,000.
To learn more about how you can help reach the $250,000 donation goal by viewing the video, sharing it, or by registering eligible Neutrogena products visit the Wave for Change site or “Like” Neutrogena on Facebook.
Together we can help give kids in need something that can never be taken from them: an education.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Latina Bloggers Connect and Neutrogena Wave for Change. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
What a wonderful program.
I agree and it provides an extremely easy way to contribute.
I love this post. I may have to borrow the theme. And if you don’t mind, I will mention you in a link if I can borrow that image. I had a powerful dream a few nights ago about ignorance and poverty. Children saddled with both often end up hopeless.
I look forward to reading your post. Feel free to use the image with link.
Education IS so important. Are there people out there successful, even without it? Of course there are. But education opens so many more doors and has the ability to make things even just a little bit easier. I also think there are so many ways of being educated. Unfortunately our public education system doesn’t allow for those ways. Traditional school is not for everyone, but there are alternatives that really would make a difference.
Very cool video and program!
What a great message.
What a wonderful message, Claudya. Bless you. Hugs.