Educated Slaves

Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Not a day in your life will you be living a life without the need of an education. Whether you’re a doctor or a garbage collector, you’ll have to need a type of education. The right to education is listed as one of our human rights. Yet, why are there thousands of people around the world with no education? Back in the segregation era, slaves wanted an education. However, an “educated slave was a dangerous slave.” Slaves faced severe punishment if caught learning to read or discovered with a book in their possession. With the right to education, our country’s illiteracy rate will lower, people will be able to care for themselves and have a stable life, and restrain ourselves from becoming an outcast within our community from being uneducated. Education is needed in order for people to get employed and care for them and their family. With intelligence, you can just sit at your desk and look at documents which will work your mentality. However, uneducated people will have to use their physical strength which weakens our human body. Women are usually discriminated when it comes to education. They aren’t allowed the opportunity to learn and make decisions to influence our economy. We should all be allowed …show more content…
98% of illiteracy rates are focused on concentrated key areas; South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Arab states. 93% of US’ illiteracy rate have basic or below basic reading skills. Some of this is due to poverty. In some Asian countries like Vietnam, people have to pay for education. What about those of poverty? They’re being neglected to an education because they’re in a lower rank than others? Education should be given to everyone since “men are created equal.” The equal and fair education received can convey light to one’s