International Contacts part 3

I was not able to get in contact with the teacher that I had emailed before so I decided to do the alternative assignment.  I looked into the UNESCO site and clicked on the story about children that live in Viet Nam.  The title of the article is called  The role of education in a world of 7 billion people.  While reading the information the 3 insights that I found were:
-By helping to educate the women in this country they would strive to make sure that their children were educated as well.
-By educating women about contraceptives this helped cut down on unwanted pregnancies and helped women take better care of themselves physically.
-Populations ,in this area, will affect how many children can get a quality education. 

All of these issues were similar yet different to what is going on here in the US.  We continuously strive to make sure that young mothers are educated so that they can provide for their children and teach their children to desire an education as well.  We also have the on going battle of birth control and how we should educate people about using it.  Some of us believe the earlier we start educating about birth control the better the chances are that young girls won't have unwanted pregnancies and protection of their bodies.  While others of us feel that educating girls too quickly will give them the desire to have sex instead of waiting until they get married.  Our issue here is not the population that stands in the way of quality education but zoning laws and finances.  We have to work with the schools that are in our living areas and we have to deal with the abundance or lack of finances that make these schools work.

Again I feel that it is amazing how no matter where you look people are having the same discussions about quality education.  We are all in a fight to make sure that our children receive the best that they can and as teachers we want to offer the best.  With the recent drop in the economy people of all backgrounds have decided to teach in order to maintain a job.  This situation makes it hard for those of us that really have the backgrounds to teach to find good jobs.  Young adults that were graduating college were finding it hard to find teaching jobs.  This is something that I hope will change once our country levels out with it's financial situation.  Hopefully everyone will be able to find work within their given talents and young teachers can start reaching for their dreams.

References:
UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education”.  Retrieved: Feb. 16, 2012.  (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/).