What aspect of your education are you most thankful for? by Danielle

What aspect of your education are you most thankful for? by Danielle - November 2015 Scholarship Essay

First, I feel that the most useful aspect of education is litercy. Without literacy, one cannot survive in the modern world. So many things are printed in black and white. Without basic reading and writing skills, how would one function?
Education comes into provide these skills to the population. Literacy is enormously important to our adult lives. Without understanding contrasts, tax payments, letters, where would we be? Would we be like people in the middle ages, without any knowledge of literature?
Secondly, I think that the second most useful aspect of education is bilillingualism. With the world constantly changing, and China on the rise I feel bilingualism is an extremely important tool. English alone cannot possibly sustain us, and many of us may well go over seas to work or study.
If we cannot communicate, how would we function? I feel that the third language program in Singapore is a good platform for students to expand their horizons and familiarise themselves with a foreign language.
In conclusion, education plays an extremely important part in our lives, even in adulthood as it does in our youth. As my mother once said to me " Education is the best provision for old age.