Why going to school is so important?

Victor Hugo says, "He who opens a school door, closes a prison." A new session in school has started. Some of us are even more excited because we are going to send our child school for the first time. But have we ever thought that does our child really want to go to school? Does he/she learn anything from there or they are just going for the sake of their parents or some other? We all force our children to go to school without making them aware that why going to school is important?

School lay the foundation of a child's development. They play a key role in developing children into responsible citizens and good human beings. Mostly at age three or four, we send our children off to school, where they remain for about twelve years, ultimately graduating from high school at about age sixteen.  Many go on to higher institutions, getting rewarded with college degrees in preparation for their chosen careers. Most of us think that going to college and choosing the career is the only importance of going to school. But is this the only reason to go to school? Not exactly.

Throughout our lives we are constantly learning new things and life is so complex and challenging. And our school gives us the learning to overcome the challenges that we have to face in our life. . Socializing is an important aspect to be learnt to adapt in society for human beings and school does that. There are many life lessons to be learned in the classroom that will benefit students as adults:  time management, a strong work ethic, collaboration, multi-tasking, and self-discipline.School introduces a child to other points of view, which is necessary to learn tolerance and empathy.  School provides him/her with exposure to diversity in culture and religion, something we also need to develop tolerance and empathy.  School also provides exposure to activities, ideas, and fields of knowledge that a child might never encounter otherwise. While some of these experiences strike students as being a waste of time and effort, others may open up whole new areas of interest in a person's life

But, most of the children find going to school boring. They don't want to go to school. And here, the problem is that we tend a child as an empty vessel and try to fill the vessel with the bookish knowledge only, which creates a situation that a child can never connect the education provided in his school with his real life and is always concerned about the marks he/she obtains in the report card and the bookish knowledge only. This ultimately leads the child towards frustration towards his/her school whereas learning is not limited to lessons from textbooks.

On leaving school, we are all set to soar high in life, and enter the real world to fetch our dreams. So, we must take care that whether we are forcing a child to go to school just for our sake. Every single child has something that he/she is good at. Every single one has something to offer. And we the guardians and teachers have a responsibility to help the child discover what he/she is. We must create such an environment where a child loves coming to school which would help the child to mold and develop as a good citizen.