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Human Rights Essay Name: Sophia Miliotis First Place RAMS 8th Grade Teacher: Mr. Lee Thao It's 6:35am. Again. Time to get up and head to school. On some days I would rather stay in the warmth of my bed. Then, I remember how fortunate I am to be in a school, getting an education. So I wipe the sleep from my eyes and get dressed. As I pull on my nice sweater, I think of the children who wake up to another day of hurt. They're afraid of school because they get teased and face discrimination. Some children don't eat a breakfast or even have the opportunity to wear nice sweaters. 1 believe that everyone deserves an education, sufficient shelter and food, and freedom from discrimination. To me, going to school means preparing for life. Everything you learn, may it be in elementary, middle or high school is used in your future life. People become doctors, teachers, even construction workers, all because they learned the basics: Multiplication, how to spell, the parts of an atom, and so forth. However, in many other countries, people don't get to choose a career because they never went to a school or obtained more than a grammar school education. This issue isn't noticed or attended to nearly as much as it should be in the world. In fact, according to the Central Intelligence Acfencv World Fact book, approximately 785 million adults across the globe are illiterate. Two thirds of them are women. Article 26 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that every person has the right to an education. If this were heeded, more of the world would have the ability to read or write. This Human Right is often taken for granted by those that do have access to a free public education.