Education as a Human Right

      For this Action Project, we were asked to use our knowledge that we gained in our class, MDGs, to write an essay describing our opinion on if MDG 1 or 2 should be considered a human right. In this unit, we learned about all the aspects of the first and second MDGs. MDG 1 is extreme hunger and poverty. MDG 2 was achieving free universal primary education. One of the challenges I had was finding suitable quotes that directly apply to my argument. To over come this I just dug deep for them and really made sure they fit my points. One of the things I am proud of is how well that the quotes actually support my points and how strong my argument is presented.

LS, Education as a Right. 2015

Education as a Human Right

Often, people don’t realize that children are the future of the world. Many parent don't see that they’re creating the next presidents, lawyers, doctors, and political leaders. If we hope to have a successful future and world, then we need to come together and make a plan so that all our children are educated. I believe ability  to be able to to complete a primary education should be a human right.

Children are our future. If our children are uneducated, then the future of the world may be in danger. The Maslow's Hierarchy of needs goes in this order in levels: Physiological, Safety, Love/Belonging, Esteem, Self-Actualization. Under this hierarchy of needs, the need for education is apart of achieving the Self-Actualization level. This need isn’t needed for survival as an individual, but rather the survival of an economy or a culture. “The price of education is the cost of competitiveness in tomorrow’s economy, and it is in all Americans’ enlightened self-interest to invest in our future.” (Albada, Michael)  What the author is trying to explain is that if we don’t invest in our children’s education now, we’re failing to invest in the future.

Making sure every child around the world is educated can benefit the growth and development of the human race as a whole. If education didn’t exist, we wouldn't be able to innovate and develop to grow and fit the rising need of new and better technology and goods. If we aren’t able to fulfill the need of  new things, the economy will fall. Thus, the entire economic system is based on education. ”Additionally, in today’s increasingly global economy, education is becoming a necessary component for innovation, growth and development.” (Albada, Michael) In this quote, the writer explains the need of education in order to expand as a human race.

The most obvious solution to the problem of children not receiving primary education is to make it a human right. Making primary education a human right would force countries to give their children an education. Education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. When we introduce problems lightly, action is hardly ever taken. Countries need to understand the importance of education and how it contributes to their future. In order for the proper schooling to be available, a global fund must be created and certain countries must pay varying amount based on their income to contribute to worldwide free and accessible primary education.

Free primary education should be a human right because it directly contributes to the future of certain countries and the development of the human race as a whole. I believe ability  to be able to to complete a primary education should be a human right.If we can make this a right and force people to educate our children, we can ensure a good future for the world.

Works Cited

Albada, Michael. "Stanford Progressive." The Stanford Progressive. 1 Mar. 2010. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

The Right to Education." The Right to Education | Education | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Web. 17 Sept. 2015.

Personal and International Water Usage

This was my first Action Project for a STEAM course at GCE called Water. The first thing we had to do before I started working on my poster was to find out my daily water usage. Then we went on our Field Experience to the Chicago river to collect water. The point of this FE was to put us into the shoes of people that live in India and make us understand the struggles people go through to get their daily water supply. After the FE was over, we got started on Action Project 1. For this project, we had to create an ad that included our personal water usage and then compare it to another country of choice. The ad had to fit on in CTA poster frame. Some of the challenging parts of the FE were carrying the water from the river back to the school and doing some of the calculations on the post-FE worksheet. I overcame these challenges by just pushing through and asking for help. One of the easier things was preparing for it and gathering materials.

 LS, How Much do You Use? 2015.

Script

The personal water usage for me is 66.5 gallons. The 4 categories that I calculated are Hygiene, cleaning, consumption, and my laundry. The percentages of these categories are as follows: Hygiene - 81.2%, Cleaning - 9.02%, Consumption - 2.25%, Laundry - 7.51%. The country I’m comparing my usage to is india. The average daily usage for them is 135 liters or 35.6632 gallons. My amount just about doubles that of the average indian citizen. I use more water just by showering each  day than they use all day. I also use much of my daily usage for things that people in india would want to use for consumption rather than recreational use. The amount of time it would take me to travel to lake Michigan and back to my house and carry all of my daily water usage would be 9.14 hours. This is with a one mile distance and my daily water usage would be 66.5 gallons. My calculated gal per mile gallon is 0.12 repeated.

Works Cited

Autoloanestimator.com,. 'Autoloan Estimator'. N.p., 2015. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

Wizspk.com,. 'Wizspk Communication & PR Agency In Mumbai'. N.p., 2015. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.

Clker.com,. 'Large Black City Skyline Clip Art'. N.p., 2015. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.