Education Really Matters

I was reading this article posted in April 22nd of this year (you can find it on here on http://www.ballerstatus.com/2009/04/22/retired-nfl-coach-tony-dungy-spending-retirement-in-prison/) and it was talking about how there's a 67% chance that you can end up incarcerated if you didn't have a high school diploma. This is from an interview with Tony Dungy, the retired coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He spends hie time now visiting prison facilities, and inspiring inmates to change their direction in life.

I look at that article and what he says seems very true. For some people I knew from high school are either dead, in prison, or physically impaired for life. A few are probably still living the street life. None of these people I knew graduated high school. Some of them dropped out of high school and went out on their own, living the life they wanted. A few gave up at the last minute. 

I had said to myself, that we would walk into the real world right after high school. And it's real indeed. So it is time for us as adults to inspire children to stay in school, and stay focused. If you're a parent, you have to keep them focused, and teach them how to behave and what is right and wrong. 

Because once someone has a diploma, they don't necessarily have to go to college to be successful. They can choose to be entrepreneurs, go to trade school to learn a profession, become proficient in singing or dancing, or work a 9 to 5 job. Overall, it's important that kids be taught that they can succeed and don't have to go the wrong path.