Why Does Education Still Hold Importance During This Pandemic Time?

While waiting for dinner, I noticed this foreign student seated in the school hallway and studying in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines. In this modern era, many people may agree that it was unusual nowadays because of the health crisis, wherein all classes were suspended, someone would definitely choose an iPad or tablet over a book if you asked him or her to choose one or stay at home with their family doing nothing. Despite the presence of Filipino people around him and with this health crisis, he kept on studying as if he was completely alone and everything is normal.

Why did this man keep studying during this pandemic?

I have contemplated and realized the importance of education at all times and why learning must not be stopped during this pandemic period.

The single most important legacy parents have to their children is education. In fact, it is labeled a treasure that no one else can claim for ourselves. Come to think of it, this is also the ancestral line of our ancestors in our youth, from that time to the present. Historically, it is worth remembering the lip and searching of the mind of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal is the words, "Youth is the hope of the people". If we were to study these words carefully, what would Rizal mean? As a summary of my research into Rizal's life, I have found that he wants Filipinos to absorb the hardships of life and feels that it can only be achieved if every Filipino can learn. He stood firm in his belief that education is the key to enduring poverty for the Filipino people. Aside from Rizal, some influential people have been saying these words over and over again. Therefore, it is very important that education is part of human life.

Education is important to each individual because it depends on his or her future and what his or her destiny will be for the rest of his or her life. After all, when we are young we know that this is the most important part of our lives. From our day-to-day work is education coupled with the realization that it is part of our lives. As we grow older, our minds and knowledge expand and expand. We learn to recognize ourselves as well as things that are bad or good. We begin to socialize with other people or people we meet in school. We treat our teachers and classmates as family members. The knowledge we learn in school opens our minds about the things that are happening around us and gives us learning. Education also opens the way to our mind and heart to know our rights and its associated responsibilities. When one is educated it can correct the false beliefs that result from ignorance. Just like a seed of any kind, a learned man everywhere is willing to live. Even in foreign lands, it can stand and be guided by all forms of life.

It is undeniable that education plays a major role in our lives. One goal of education is to have knowledge of things and information now, in the future. It is the mechanism by which one's thoughts, feelings, and interactions are formed. Education is the way for a person to gain knowledge of his or her life, personality, and community. It is the setting of thoughts toward a successful world that everyone needs in order to take full advantage of the world and to realize its goals. Second, to God, education is effective against adversity. This is the unique weapon that a person can protect against the stress of life. Human education is important because it is the root of a comfortable life. Education equals a miraculous key, bridge, ladder, and lifelong weapon that each person can use in his or her journey to every door of opportunity.

Indeed, the contribution of education to human life cannot be underestimated. In the kind of society we live in today, the ignorant and disadvantaged are defeated. It is not enough to just go to school and learn simple reading and writing. The new kind of education in the new millennium is that we have a completed course to keep pace with the progressive technology used in our modern economies. In the search for a job, the first question is the level of our education. Unfinished courses are difficult because we are always left out in any field. Because of this, low-wage jobs are usually given to us. In dealing with the realities of life, one's ability, hard work, and physical strength are not enough. We also need intelligence to fully understand the situation in which we live and where we live.

In conclusion, I want to emphasize that preparing for the future by achieving a good education is the best way to ensure a comfortable life. And achieving success must be accompanied by a solid determination, self-confidence, faith in God, and the many other obstacles we must take to achieve the good tomorrow.