Education: Preparing for Life A common question educators and parents ask is how and what to teach children. Before you decide this, however, I believe it is important to know what your goals and objectives are. It is important to know why children are educated. I firmly believe that in a person's educational experience, they should be prepared for more than just a career. One of the many functions of school is socialization. School is where many roles are taught, such as gender roles. Students form the basis of how to exist in society. This can happen in a negative way but also in a positive way. I firmly believe that it is vital that children are taught early that they play an important role in society as our nation's future. Our students should learn about our social problems and what can be done about them. I agree with George S. Counts that “the primary responsibility of education is to prepare the individual to adapt to social change” (Crutchfield). The element of the Conti's progressive thought was this...