ENGLISH C100 - Project M01

ENGLISH C100

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Project M01.................................................................................................................................3
Project M02.................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

Project M01
Education is the vehicle which helped kids to use education and knowledge as wings to
reach the highest levels. This essay is based on the available information about school. It outlines
about the relevancy of schools in a child's growth and development. This highlights about the
importance and contribution of education for their future and earning livelihood. The overall
impact of establishing schools in both local and global levels has accelerated the growth in all the
spheres of an individual's life by making them to push their capacities and reach the objective or
goal. They learn about significance of team work, motivation and place of reliable and unbiased
information. Additionally, there is rise of evolutionary changes with advent of technological
advancements and globalization, these acted as tools and promoted schools and eduction in more
progressive manner.
Before embarking on its relevancy, an understanding must be laid in its formulation and
historical background. Earlier days, the schools were meant for men to learn about trading and
women were given lessons on how to make good house-wives. Kids were schooled through
sharing experiences, farming and imparting teachings in the mass gatherings. There was no
concept of higher studies since the necessities like food, water and shelter were more significant
to be fulfilled (Popkewitz and et.al., 2018). With passing time, the formation of schools were
initiated where the elite class children were given education. However, the dream to study in
school by the masses or other classes were still far and considered among the luxurious objects.
This concept was changed after the World War II which ended the colonisation and marked the
beginning of free world. The USA Government started this trend to send their soldiers and other
professionals for college as it formed the basis of a better future and source of earning income
after getting retired from the army. In the Vietnam War era, the masses were also promoted to
pursue education and brought radical changes in the American world. In regard to the above,
school is originated from a Greek word meaning leisure, lecture place and philosophy and are
refereed as the place for instructions in providing the educational teachings under an organized
structure by professionals such as teachers, academic counsellor, guide, mentor etc. The ulterior
purpose is to transmit knowledge and different meanings of several issues and subjects.
School is imperative in developing their cognitive abilities, emotional quotient, IQ levels
and learning about new concepts and ideas. Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most
powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. These educational institutions play

essential role in developing reading skills, understanding basic mathematical calculations,
knowing about the historical events and its impact on the political scenarios all around the world,
working towards employing the economic terminologies and for several other purposes (Bundy
and et.al., 2018). There are illustrations that inferred that education is that platform which is
needed for uplifting the stigmas attached with the socio-economic aspects. With schooling, an
individual is able to gain insights about the right and wrongdoings with a perspective to regulate
the rights in accordance like a responsible person. It helps in giving them time and proper
resources to examine and explore several subjects efficiently and use it later on practical terms.
The focus while designing an outline involves learning environment for receiving the formal
education and is followed by nourishing the young minds in the most compassionate and
appropriate ways. Moreover, schools are the places where kids not only learn about several
subjects, principles or moral values but also find themselves, their interests and their own passion
or hobbies. For instance, school conducts co-curricular activities like organizing dance activities,
skit or poem recital competitions, sports events such as basketball, lawn tennis etc. which assist
kids in developing their interests and follow them through proper channels.
The schools are the churches which laid the platform of logic, reasoning and analytical
abilities. The prime focus is to make these children physically and psychologically fit as well
(Ainscow, 2018). Moreover, they help the children to maintain their traditional concepts and
cultural values to mark a place at the societal norms and stand for themselves and differentiate
between the rights and wrongs. Consequently, the teachers are important to this school and its
existence. Without their presence, schools have no contribution in shaping the future of kids,
children and promote the well-being of their existence as a social and responsible human being
in the communities. School is useful in educating the adults and children about the philosophical
side as well. The prime aim is to foster relationships and friendships in a healthy environment to
make the kids realise the value of family and works given to them for completion. This teaches
kids to attain the wealth of knowledge and information in terms of languages, literature,
economics, geographical features and more. Herein, the schools must be the safest place for kids
who spend majority of their time on daily basis and till the time they enter the adulthood. There
are several levels such as preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high
school, college, university and graduate school. Mostly these are regulated by the Department of

Education of each state and are under constant supervision and monitoring to maintain the
guidelines given for overall development of a child (MacBeath and et.al., 2018).
To sum up, it can be summarized that school is the stepping stone for a child's
development to enter adulthood and any disorientation would only lead to darker sides and affect
the reputation and credibility in the community on the whole. School is that driving force that
shed light on dealing with inner insecurities and face the prevailing challenges in an individual's
life. The lessons given in the schools provide valuable information and experience to children in
order to apply it in the real world. This would support in better understanding of the tasks'
management of one's sanity and increase the levels of patience.
Project M02
Nelson Mandela is one of the renowned personalities who has contributed immensely in
the society. He is that celebrated political leader who worked for the upliftment of the society,
especially his community people and fought against the apartheid. His early life was devoted
towards a remarkable journey which epitomised him as an international hero. His followers
believed that he fought like a one man army and won all the obstacles in the most remarkable
manner. His laurels contains the cult Nobel Prize for Peace in the year 1993 and received a wide
pool of honours which is more than 250 in number.
Madiba was one of his popular names and was refereed as the “Father of the Nation”. His
democratic and non-violent approaches led to his victory of providing rights to the black African
community. In addition to this, he was the Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became the first
Black President and who elected democratically under the African National Congress (ANC)
which fought relentlessly for the removal of racism and apartheid practices. His early life shaped
the personality he turned into where he was born to the third wife of his father, Gadla who stood
against the unreasonable demands of the White Magistrate. He was born in Umtata, one of the
provinces of South Africa's Cape town and was sent to a local Methodist school where he
received his English forename of Nelson. He was influenced from the traditional and cultural
aspects of the Africa and completed his education from exclusive black institutions. Moreover,
he was into imparting Bible teachings to local people, played sports, started gardening,
conducted drama on Abraham Lincoln and joined ballroom dancing. This showed his tender and
compassionate sides which helped me to fight against the apartheid without shedding any blood
(Egan and Anthony, 2018). It was during his university time, he spent substantial amount of time

on studying the legalities and joined ANC started vocally participating in several rallies and
revolutionary activities. There was a time when he actively protested against the white to protect
the black people from the atrocities of prejudiced concepts in the entire world.
Consequently, he consistently put efforts to abolish the ill practices against the black
community in all the spheres of societal levels. He was the forefront runner who stood for his
people's independence and justice. His fought against the racial discrimination and the prevalent
social inequalities like adopting to apartheid practices on Black people. He was popularly named
as the Gandhi of South Africa who boycotted the system of racial segregation. In the year 1962,
he was sent to jail for dismantling the manipulations and several trails against the black people to
overthrow the government. Thus, he was sent for lifetime imprisonment and at 44 years age until
1990. During his time at the prison, he never defended himself and discarded the false
accusations and charges levied on him. However, he was offered by the government to get
released under certain conditions. The most prominent was to never participate in any political
activities. This was instantly rejected by Mandela who stated that he cannot and would never
give any undertaking at a time when he and they with all the other people were not free. He
further added that his freedom and theirs cannot be separated (Pick and Irma, 2018). This iconic
statement showed his real commitment and passion towards abolishing the apartheid, which was
one of the oppressive practices adopted against the Black community and were clear violation of
human rights. His courage, sacrifice and dedication towards his people showed his willingness
which made him earned a Law Bachelor Degree.
In addition to this, his struggle was widespread like a fire and the government were
pressurised from both local and international levels. His release brought an unconventional
movement and pave the path of his presidency and the Nobel Peace Prize. His courage and far-
sightedness ability led South Africa on the world-map, the first democratic elections made him
the first Black President and under his supervision, they hosted the World Cup for Rugby in
1995 which earned them credibility and gave a benchmark to make their presence felt as a young
republic country. There were many hurdles during this tenure but he outshone every time due to
his remarkable abilities. He established a strong foundation for the South Africa as a country in
terms of centralised government, formulation of new constitution, freedom of expression and the
rights of minorities (Turner and Myra, 2018). He took an early leave from the active politics but
this retirement was another golden phase of his remarkable journey. Throughout his retirement

phase, he worked hard in advocating education for young kids and children to eradicate poverty.
Along with this, he became a philanthropist who raised money etc. and established several
schools and health clinic to generate awareness regarding the diseases and other illegal activities
that got spread on the African continent. In 2001 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer
and this forced him to take retirement from his formal public life in 2004 and spent his last days
in his native village called as Qunu.
His contribution cannot be described in words. For instance, even after his complete
retirement, he co-founded a group with other world leaders to find solutions for issues at both
public and private sectors. It has been concluded that Nelson Mandela till last breadth in 2013
gave heart and soul for the betterment of this world and the Black community. On his end, Bill
Clinton stated that "Today the world has lost one of its most important leaders and one of its
finest human beings. History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity
and freedom, for peace and reconciliation" (Xinfeng, 2018). Lastly, he channelised his energies
into constructive works and used his early learnings from his childhood for the welfare of his
community people. He always believed in humanity and equality by promoting the unified
emotion and encouraged unified efforts through a landmark journey left behind to follow by the
coming generations.

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