School; What is it?

What is your definition of school?

Freedom.

To be yourself, who you are today.

To grow, who you strive to be.

To focus, learning how to learn.

To be creative, unleashing your mind and letting it run wild.

To draw and doodle, taking a break.

To read and write, sharing your voice and expanding your horizons.

To live and imagine, being present everyday… a part of something, perhaps bigger than we realize.

Freedom… to learn.

 

Some people think of school as a trap, a confinement, a prison…

Those who fail to realize they are only limiting themselves.

Yes, we have to work, and write, and participate, and it’s not easy,

But the journey is the reward.

 

 A privilege.

One that is often taken for granted.

Not available to every man, woman, and child.

 

A choice, education or lack of it?

A consequence.

A result.

A series of events that could change your life forever.

 

We learn a lot in school, even when we don’t realize it,

Knowledge comes to us, not just in specific areas or curriculum, in everything we do.

From meeting new, diverse people to solving algebraic equations,

School is a learning experience… it gives us knowledge and power.

 

Our lives rely on our knowledge, on our ability to think.

In every school, everywhere, we have a freedom…a freedom to learn.

 

School: what is it?

It’s a chance at finding our best lives.

Don’t waste it.

Author's Note

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