Reflection18: Education as a vehicle to improving society

When Linda Brown went to the Supreme Court to try to stop a school from practicing segregation, she was in fact proclaiming her right to education, as she and her family knew that education was in fact an important vector for improving her society. Through education individuals get an opportunity to broaden their horizon. They would be able to learn about their mathematics, writing, reading, music, history, art, different cultures, finance, business, and about the operations of the government.
When black people and women fought to have the right to education, it would later fashion the way their thought patterns as knowledge would give them the notion that voting was also their societal right. Through education there are women in very influential positions. Hillary Clinton in 2008 was a candidate in the Democratic Presidential race. If women were not given the opportunity to be educated; women would not have fought for the right to vote, and Mrs. Clinton would not have had the right to even think to run as a candidate.
Even more importantly, a black man became president. The avenue to that journey was simple based on education. He was an educated black man; under no circumstance would Mr. Barak Obama have become president if not for education and civil rights act that was fought for in the not so long ago time. Thus, I strongly agree that education has improved society and the way in which we think. Having knowledge through education and life experiences will definitely empower society and its citizens.