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Celebrate Education:The Greatest Gift of All

One of the keys to personal freedom is making a decent income (US Census Bureau Data/Median Incomes)

Education is Freedom

I didn’t graduate high school: $21,000/year

I graduated high school only: $30,800/year

I just received an associate degree: $37,600/year

I just received a bachelor’s degree: $49,900/year

I just received a master’s degree: $59,500/year

I just received a doctorate degree: $79,400/year

Education is

Healthy

Lower smoking rates: increases quality and length of life

Education promotes a positive self image: confidence provides enriched life experience and mental well being

Education provides lifelong learning: increases brain cells and decreases Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain conditions due to age

Education decreases obesity Education decreases risk of heart disease

Education is Social Networking

Education helps to develop new interests

Education promotes lifelong friends including teachers, counselors and others who assist in guiding and planning

Education helps to decide a profession or field of interest; it even provides opportunities to “test drive” a profession

Education Develops Life Skills Technology

Rights as a citizen: voting, issues, environment

Reasoning skills that help in decision making, relationships, moral judgments, tolerance, reflection, and communication

Education helps to “walk in another’s shoes”

Education provides a safe place to practice skills before entering the workplace

Most will change careers at least four times within a lifetime

The future will use technology not yet invented

The future will have access to information at all times in all places

The top ten in demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004

By 2018 the United States will need 22 million new college degrees-but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million postsecondary degrees

By 2018 the United States will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates

The Future and Education

Fiscal and Personal Health

A Lifelong Network of Professional and Personal Friends

Develops Life Skills That Can be Passed on to Family and Community

Celebrate Education

Commits Social Responsibility to the Future and to Future Generations

Education is the Great Equalizer for Ethnic and Socio-economic conditions – it balances life

Education is Fun and is a Lifestyle/The Journey is Lifelong

Celebrate Education

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