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Education is not Important... What? by Paulina

//I don't know much about education in the Himalayan. This is why I chose this topic. I wanted to learn more about it. All I know about this topic, is that many students are not getting a good enough education. Education is a very important thing that will guide them through the rest of their lives. Children are having hard times in studying and learning. They don't have school buildings and good teachers. Education is hard to handle because they have very little and poor supplies if any. Imagine not having a pencil to write with. Instead, you have to write with the same pencil for many years. Even after it becomes no bigger than a nub. Education is one of the most important aspects of a child's life. //
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

There are still many unknown things to me about education problems. Why can't others help the children so that they can have a better education? What percentage of children go to secondary school only? How many go to both college and school? What kind of solution are people thinking of? Is there a solution that will solve the problem There are still many questions to be answered and many problems to be solved. How come we can pay to make unneeded things when there are children without education? Do some people think education is not important? Why can't some children go to school??? Part III--The Search ** // The questions began to pour in when many people were losing jobs in schools. This got me thinking whether children were also missing out. The adults miss out on jobs and children miss out on **education**. Then I started research...
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **
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I didn't know where to start my search, but then Dr. Brownstone, my tech teacher, recommended the book "Three Cups of Tea. This is because it is about a man named Greg Mortenson who promised to help children in Pakistan with **education**. He said that he will build a school building in return for their kindness and help when he was is bad condition. This book talks about all of the major problems children in Pakistan have with education and how we can all pitch in to help. This book gives an example of how we can all do our part to help in educational purposes just like Greg Mortenson. Even though Greg had a family, he went to the Himalayan with the approval of his wife. His wife understood that he was doing this for a great cause, so they agreed that Greg would leave for the maximum of two months at a time. One day when he was in Pakistan, he was captured, but he still returned when he was set free. Later on, there was a war between America and the Himalayan regions. He was in great risk and it wasn't a safe time to be an American in Pakistan. He risked his life and went on in helping to build schools. He built many schools and started an organization called the Central Asia Institute (CAI). Greg never gave up whenever he started a school. One time, when he was willing to build a school, he experienced a problem. There was a river separating the village from the other towns and it was hard to take the building supplies into the village. Greg wasn't willing to give up. A bridge had to be built, so Greg started to build a bridge and then the school. Greg had something to accomplish and he was willing to finish it. He realized that children need an education and he was willing to give it to them. **Mortenson, Greg, and David Relin. Three Cups of Tea. New York: Penguin Group, 2009. 185. Print.** // // After I read the book, I found this website called Himalayan Education Lifeline. This website is useful because it told that most parents have a hard time feeding their families, therefore, they can't afford school or college. Imagine not being able to go to school. Now that you go to school, you say that you don't want to go to school and you pretend sick. But whenever you feel like dropping out of school, think about the children that can't go to school. If you couldn't go to school, you would probably want to because it would be like a dream come true, at least it would be for me. Be happy for what you have now because you might have something that some can't afford or have. This website also has some suggestions for how you can help children get an education and to be happy. You can leave donations and volunteer. This site not only explains what is the problem with education, but it also tries to help and cure the problems. I really think we should all take a part in helping. //**R(n.p.),. " Himalayan Education Lifeline Programme (HELP): Volunteer Assignments, Donations & Sponsorship."** //[|**http://www.help-education.org**] //**/. Registered UK Charity No. 1117646, 23 January 2009. Web. 20 Apr 2010**

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//Another website that is a good source is an article from the Himalayan Times newspaper. This article talks about a solution to the problem with education. The problem is that many children in the Himalayan can't afford to go to school. The solution is that they are trying to make school free so that anyone can join and get a good education. Now, children between the years of six and fourteen are given a free education. This article got me thinking. What if a child lives far away from a school, wouldn't that also be a problem? So, the problem isn't yet solved all the way, but Greg Mortenson is achieving and solving this problem by building schools in small towns and villages.//======
 * n.a, . "India enacts law promising kids free education." n.p 1. Web. 2010-04-01 10:21 PM. <**[|**http://www.thehimalayantimes.com**] **>**.

Through his book, Greg Mortenson introduced me to the Pennies for Peace, so I wanted to find out more. This organization is about many people around the world helping out little by little. In my opinion, even one cent makes a difference. If we donate one cent, a child will be getting a new pencil to write with. This is just what one person can do to help. Imagine all of us donating at least one cent. Many children would be getting a pencil or even more. n.a,. "Pennies For Peace." //Central Asia Institute// (2009): 1. Web. 10 May 2010. .

My next step into finishing my isearch was to have an interview with Greg Mortenson. It didn't go as I thought. I sent him an email with a few questions to answer, but I didn't get a reply from him with answers. I got an email from his manager telling me that he is traveling and can't reply to my email. So, now I have to look for another person to interview that has some experience with helping in schools and children. I understand that Greg Mortenson helps others and he is on a mission and he can't write back. Searching for person to Interview...

// **Interview with Peter Wilson (maybe) or Greg Mortenson's manager will give me someone to interview.** // ** Part IV--What I Learned ** //An important thing that I found out was **why many children can't go to school**. This was a major question that I wanted to have answered The main reasons were that the family couldn't afford it, or the school was too far away to go there. I learned that many people have already started to help the children to get an education. Greg Mortenson was one of these people that established the Central Asia Institute. Thanks to him, many other children were able to go to school without leaving their town or village. Thanks to people from other countries and parts of the world, children got a education and had a better life. Another organization that helps is Pennies for Peace. In this, we can all participate. Even if we give one penny, it will still make a difference. By giving in one penny, it's like giving a child a new pencil. We can all take part in making a change.

As an investigator, I learned that making game isn't as easy as it seems. First of all, you need to think of a topic and a reason for your game. You need to know the purpose of your game so that you will know about how many people will want to play it. Later, you need to search for information about the topic if your topic is important in the society. To make a game, you need design plans, planning, and engineer notebooks where you log your daily achievement. Making game is fun, but it involves a lot of work.  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;"> **Part V : Works Cited** //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">" Himalayan Education Lifeline Programme (HELP): Volunteer Assignments, Donations & Sponsorship."[|**http://www.help-education.org**] /. Registered UK Charity No. 1117646, 23 January 2009 . Web. 20 Apr 2010
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">"India enacts law promising kids free education." n.p 1. Web. 2010-04-01 10:21 PM. <[|**http://www.thehimalayantimes.com**] >.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Mortenson, Greg, and David Relin. __Three Cups of Tea__. New York: Penguin Group, 2009. 185. Print
 * "Pennies For Peace." Central Asia Institute (2009): 1. Web. 10 May 2010. <[] />.