I love the line in the video “21st Century Enlightenment
that states “It has become cliché that Education is the most valuable resource
in global knowledge economy. I would
argue that fostering empathetic capacity is just as important to achieving a
world of citizens at peace with each other and themselves.” I agree completely and feel that our children
grow up in a world and go to school to learn everything but how to be
empathetic. I feel as though our school
system focuses more how much knowledge they can cram into our heads and leaves
out the important issues on how to actually care about another
individuals. Should children learn this
at home? Yes but is that enough? No! To me Empathy should be emphasized just as
much as getting a college degree because no matter what your degree you hold if
you can’t put yourself in other’s shoes, you’re not going to get very far.
Today there is to much push for people to get a college degree to obtain a good
“career.” Who says working at a fast food restaurant is bad? If that is what
you want to do for the rest of your life then be my guest. Why should anyone
who doesn’t want to further their education have to? You dnt need a college
degree to get a good paying job. Many people who have a degree think they are
like royalty. Like that they are better than the rest of the illiterate world.
They have no empathy for other humans on this earth.
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