Why I Want To Be Educated

I always wondered why my mother told us we all need to be educated and how important it is in order to survive. She always told us, her children, how this will benefit our children and our grand children. My mother is a professional nurse. Out of 10 children that my grandmother had, only three are educated. The rest decided not to finish school, some were lucky to be employed and some are not working at all and they depend on anything that is being donated to them by the family.

I never understood why my mother wanted that. I come from a family of four. As a first born child I was not lucky to go to college or university when I completed my matric. When I completed matric, my parents were not ready financially. I decided to find temporal jobs. With those temporal jobs I managed to pay for my
I am successful business owner. Business has its ups and downs. Some days I wish I had a salary, guaranteed every month, like my brother and sisters. My brother is a Town Planner who is currently doing masters at the University of Pretoria. My sister is a Professional Nurse and my younger sister is an Accountant. They hardly go through stresses I go through at
Children go to school to learn how to read and write. Training on the other hand will give us specific knowledge and skills and abilities. Education expands human minds. With education one is able to teach others and solve problem. I personally have learnt a lot in what I do and I am able to teach my workers and other people. I have acquired skills and knowledge which I am able to transfer to other people. Without education, chances of climbing to higher economic and social status are very limited. I strongly believe there in no way one can navigate the world without education. If one cannot read, write, communicate and calculate it will make life difficult and will not be able to perform work in a competent