I'm an early childhood education major...I can see the importance in education. I see the importance in educating young. Writing and researching the benefits of preschool and the long term effects of preschool helped to back my argument up, in my essay: preschool should be mandatory in all fifty states. I want to teach kindergarten. I want to work with kids after they've gone through preschool or after they've stayed home with their parents or have been provided with some type of daycare services, but I know that preschool positively affects children into adulthood, and that's not something that should be taken lightly.
If you have children, I recommend doing your best to enroll them in a preschool program. Do your research. Look at the longitudinal studies that have been done and how these once upon a time preschoolers have grown up to be much better off than those who did not have the opportunity to attend. This is not to say that everyone who attends is a genius and that those who did not attend can't outshine those who did, but the studies are worth taking notice to, the differences are significant. Share this information in your community and at your children's school. Make a difference in how people view what they're capable of teaching their child at home, versus what the social component of preschool could do for them and most likely will.
My college English class chose topics we felt strongly about and argued for an issue we felt needed change. I chose mandatory preschool, in the United States; however, everyone has a different idea of what they think needs to be changed in the world today and how to make that change. Some other student projects can be found at studentprojectsmakechange.blogspot.com
