예비대학생 김혜빈: Improving schools (education) is the most important factor for a country to successfully develop. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Use specific reasons and details in your essay.
Over the past few decades, the education of one country has become highly important in the country’s development. So, it’s been argued whether improving schools is the most important factor for successful development of a country. Some people might say that improving schools doesn’t ensure a prospective future of a country, while others might not think so. However, I am deeply convinced that improving schools is the most important element of successful development of a country. Actually, I have a couple of reasons to state my opinion and will explain and develop them in the next following paragraphs below.
First and foremost, improving schools in one country will make the future generation have a better idea of governing the country and its future citizens. Improving schools means that the students of one country will be well-educated to grow up as wise leaders of the country in the future. They will be the ones who govern their country and also raise the quality of future citizens’ lives. More than anything else, improving the thoughts of children is most important to the survival of a country. Though it’s true that investing on creating more jobs or medical facilities can make a great change to a country right away, problems related with jobs, diseases or even poverty can be vanquished by simply investing on the children. For instance, when I was learning about the history of Korea, I realized the importance of the education of one country. In the past, one of the kings regning in the Chosun Dynasty was in need of more knowledgeable and loyal followers and advisors. However, back then, such upper-class royal servants tended to be chosen by their fathers' political and social positions. So, only the sons of former advisors were chosen as new advisors. The king felt weak and didn’t trust them anymore because not only were they disloyal but also less knowledgeable than the king required them to be. Because of them, problems all throughout his kingdom were far from being solved. One day in a meeting with a royal servant from China, the king realized that all he needed to do was to improve the education of his kingdom’s children. In order to do this, he created a very difficult and occasional test that could only be solved by very educated and intellectual people. As a reward for passing this test, he granted the passing students a really good and stable job, a great house with extra land, and also a lot of honor and trust. Some with low social status were given a higher social status as a reward. This motivated more students and schools to work harder to become professionally knowledgeable enough to attain this blessing, producing wiser students. The king later became very well known for starting a lineage of descendants who continue improved education. Due to education, the land under modern Korean’s feet is green and crisp. So, this proves that improving schools is the most important component for successful development of a country.
Last but not least, improving education can make a country shine and display competence in today’s globalized society. A country can prosper through education not only inside the country’s own economy but also in the global market as well. This is because the next generation will not only be more knowledgeable but also more globalized through improved language and culture education. Though some people might say that whether a country is globalized or not doesn’t depend on improved education but tourism, special products, or global activities of experienced leaders, countries that are encouraging the refinement of education are becoming more and more globalized. For instance, my country’s entertainment market has increased profoundly over the past few decades. From music to movies, everything is becoming astonishingly globalized. A very popular music band from my country is now doing performances all over the world, my country’s actors are mastering English in order to take part in Hollywood movies, and my country itself is becoming a great scenery that is frequently used by Hollywood movie producers. Back in my father’s time, this was impossible because English wasn’t a mandatory need. However, today, education has improved, and people without foreign-language abilities are having difficulty in finding a decent job. Though it’s true that one country needs unique traits to be known in today’s globalized world, countries with low education are ignored and isolated in the global market nowadays due to deficiency of foreign language abilities. So it’s quite definite that improving education should be a country’s first priority for its successful development because it’s a one-way ticket to a brighter future.