THOUGHTS ARE BETTER THAN ACTIONS

THOUGHTS ARE BETTER THAN ACTIONS
The reports from the Department of Education Statistics show that more than 90 million

American adults lack simple literacy. Less than 20 percent of them have the know-how of

metaphors and less than 4 percent of them can calculate on a calculator when given a problem

sum. 60,000 youngsters drop out by the middle of the school year. A number of these drop outs

end up in the prison. Even these days 130,000 children bring in guns along with their books to

school everyday. There has been an 85 percent increase in the juvenile arrests for murder from

1987 to 1991. It really depresses me when I look at these statistics and think of International

students like me. We have come away from home into a completely different country, a

completely different culture, only because of the educational opportunities here and are paying

twice, thrice the amount an American resident is paying in tuition but most of the nationals don’t

seem to have recognition or the realization of the facilities that they can avail. All. just because

they do not have enough time to waste on "thinking" about these matters.

Education is the key to the development in any area of life of an individual. Education

seems to pertain to all important aspects of one’s life reflecting upon personal ideas and

thoughts. I seem to believe that the mind of today’s generation are from all aspects , no less

creative than those of Einstein ,or for that matter , any...

THOUGHTS ARE BETTER THAN ACTIONS

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