E ducation is considered the most important part of a young person's life.
Education leads to a good job and countless luxuries.
Academic success is a must to become productive in the economy and in life. Students today face much larger problems than were faced by our teachers, most of whom are over the age of 50 and have been living in the suburbs all their lives. I am black and live in the most crime-infested section of my city. People assume I'm a drug dealer, and when a police car drives by, the cop watches me like a hawk with his eyes on his prey. But the gap of social acceptance is much greater than we might think.