Society-Changing Perspective On The Purpose Of University Education

In today’s modern world, every young adult is expected to go to college by their society after high school to further educate themselves through university education. The majority of the students don’t know the reason behind why they have to spend hours of time listening to the lectures from their professors and do what students are asked to do. By conducting several interviews with few colleagues, a chemistry professor from the University of Houston-Downtown, and with a family member; my mother, there was a vast difference in their perspective about the purpose of the university. Students’ expectations for going to university tend to be very personal, yet the the purpose was to become professionals, while the expectations and experience from the faculty and family member seemed towards a successful life of becoming an educated individual and for society-changing purposes. Whether the purpose of going …show more content…
Education has a vital meaning in everyday lives because even to perform a basic skill, such as reading a report or writing a simple formal letter, requires a knowledge that is learned from school. She also puts a great emphasis on education as an individual growth by saying that the education that her siblings received didn’t help in her life. She says: “I was the oldest children from our family. I agreed with my parents to send only brothers to school and take care of them making everything ready for their school” (Mother). My mother’s life experience shows a formal education is an important aspect of life. Education in person’s life is required in today’s society to do almost anything . With the hardship that my mother is facing because of illiteracy in her workplace, her decision to sacrifice her education for her brothers gives a good lesson for current students to become aware of the same situation my mother faced and to become serious to complete a college