Lack Of Education Essay

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Can you guess what the number of 99% means? This percentage shows the literacy rate of Japan, which ranks 23 in the world. In contrast, the average of the literacy rate of developing countries such as Africa is below 35% because of poverty. According to NGO survey, there are 775 million adults who suffer from lack of literacy. Why do we need to receive the education such as the literacy? The answer is the education produces a wealthy society, community, and life to us. Then I notice my topic that four reasons financial issues, the environmental factors, the parenting styles, and disabilities cause education difficulties for some people. About my observation, there are several solutions by which the government or community provide for people …show more content…
My aunt told me, “Since kindergarten, parents have to pay tuition for each institution. It is kind of a burden for us because they have to save money for education expenses. She hopes the tuition is free from kindergarten to University like Sweden.” In Sweden, the equality is very important because the government charges high tax on daily products in order to fulfill social welfare. As a result, the government can provide free tuition for children that relates with giving the equal right. I agree with my aunt because instead of saving education expense, parents can spare more money to do in different ways, such as traveling to somewhere. Parents don 't need to worry too much about finance anymore and future students are possible to experience a lot even more. Sometimes, students are not able to go to a high quality of university because of financial issues even though they are prominent students. If such people had received the education, some could live better or could change the world by their knowledge. Therefore, financial issue is one of the obstacles for both students and …show more content…
As stated by “The Human Cost of An Illiterate Society” by Jonathan Kozol who argued that “They are half-citizens. Their rights exist in print but not in fact.” This quotation shows disabled people strongly desire to be equal as well as another citizen. Disabled people always face to unfavorable conditions in the daily day; for instance, seeing labels in the grocery store or writing documents for insurance. If they have knowledge, which allows people to live better, yet those people have no choice to get knowledge. Tom Cruise is a good example to illustrate a special treatment (access) for Dyslexia, which people can’t read words. When he remembers his scripts as the sounds, he still needs to listen to scripts, which someone record for him. Consequently, Tom had to spare a lot of time at Creating Community Literacy Center to receive special treatments for study. Not only Dyslexia but also other disabled people need to special accesses to receive the

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