There are many people in this world that are unbelievably narrow-minded. It is greatly upsets me to listen to people’s thoughts and opinions about how “education shouldn’t be for everyone.” This is not only an opinionated, narrow-minded statement, but also a stupid one to say the least. Should everyone have a fait opportunity to get an education? YES! Are the people in this world that deliberately make that hard to accomplish? YES, and these people are the ones that need to wake up and realize hat it is absolutely absurd to deprive any individual regardless of race, sex, or ethnicity, of an education.Deprived education has been going on for centuries. In the 1600’s, for example, brilliant women like Elena Cornaro were denigrated by people like Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo, (Chancellor of the University of Padua) for wanting to purse their educational goals. Slaves were also refused the right to acquire an education of any sort. Fredrick Douglas (a former African American slave) explains in his narrative the risk he takes to learn to read and write. Because of those opposed to educational opportunity for all, these two people struggled their way to a good education. Although those people were faced with pejorative remarks and insults, they continued to pursue their education. Both Douglas and Cornaro explain not only how much they appreciate it much more than any white male of their time.Just as people during the earlier centuries denied women and slave the opportunity to gain an education, people still today deny others this right. The Constitution of the United States declares, “…All men are created equal.” If this is so, then nobody is inferior to anyone else, and nobody should be deprived of his or her education. I can only imagine what the chaos and corruption of this world would be like if everyone but the Saxon, white, male was deprived of his education. Scientist Mada...
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