School
Why is School Important?
For most of us, from the time we are young children to the when we become adults, school defines our days and creates structure in our lives. School is where we are presented with problems and discover how to solve them. It’s where we become literate and knowledgeable about the world. It’s where we learn to take responsibility for doing homework, and gain a feeling of accomplishment through completing it. As we grow up, school is where we are encouraged to develop our mind, take part in our community, and prepare for our future.
Because school is so prominent in our lives, it has an enormous influence on our self-esteem—the extent to which we see ourselves as capable, smart, hard-working, likeable people. If fact, although we may remember little of what we actually learned in school—like the Pythagorean theorem or the Monroe Doctrine—we live every day with the sense of self that was cultivated there.
