Day 86: Access to an Education

Hi again,
Today I am thankful for something that I have already been through but was reminded of how lucky we are to have access to an education. Most of us are able to go through kindergarten to grade 12 and it is something that is almost expected and normal to go through school. But for many children in countries around the world it is a luxury that they can't afford. I was watching Doc Zone tonight (a show on CBC) and it was on Haiti's Orphans. I will provide a link to the website where it talks about the episode at the bottom for those interested. Anyways while watching it, one of the things that they talked about was schooling and how it is unafforable to many and it hit me how accessable and easy it was for me to go to school and how little I appreciated the opportunity to be able to learn. I love learning but I never saw it as something that I should be grateful for while going to school. There were many aspects of school that I strongly disliked. I had many problems in school though which I won't get in to and there is alot that can be improved on with our school system but we have the ability to learn where so many don't. I can read and write and I have always loved learning new stuff and what not but never quite fully appreciated how easily accessable it was to me until now. I still wish that our school system would be much better than it is and there wasn't the bullying or such large class sizes and so on but on the other hand I am also grateful for our ability to go to school and learn. I won't get started on the flaws of the school system though because that is not the point of this post. The point of this post is to share that I am thankful for being able to have schooling and we shouldn't take it for granted because there are many that can only dream of going to school. This is why I am thankful for our access to an education. Thanks for reading my blog!
Here is the link. Doc Zone: Haiti's Orphans