Just thought I should share this to reaffirm the fact that childhood socialization is very important. Every child should be afforded the opportunity to be told how important education is.

From Humans of New York

“I was a teacher in Nigeria. I had 41 students in my
classroom. Most of my students in Nigeria had no
shoes, no clothes, no food. Nothing, nothing. But
they wanted to learn. They showed up every day
wanting to learn. When I told my colleagues that I
was going to teach in America, they said: ‘Don’t do
it. The students there don’t want to learn. They will
scream all during class.’ In a way, they were right.
My classrooms in America were much different than
my classrooms in Nigeria. There were fewer students,
and more resources, but there was not the same
desire to learn. I’ve had to learn to teach motivation.
And I’ve found that the only way it can be done is to
show it myself. I try to teach each child as if they
were my own. If the students see that I am trying
my hardest every single day, many times they will
respond by increasing their own effort.”

“I came from a very poor family. My father was a
small farmer in Nigeria. And even though he had no
education, he always taught me that education was
the most important thing. He told me: ‘When you
have no education, it’s like being in a small room
with many people. There is little opportunity available
to you, and many people are competing with you.
But as you educate yourself, the room grows. You
have more opportunities, and less people competing
with you.’ I always remembered that. My mother
died when I was twelve. I started working as a maid
when I turned thirteen. I made 5 cents a day, which
I saved for school. There was no free education in
Nigeria. When I ran out of money, I’d stop going to
school and go back to work. Stop, work, go back to
school. Stop, work, go back to school. And all along
my father would say, ‘You aren’t done yet. This is
not your last bus stop. One day you will have so
much education that you will teach in America.’”

This is very inspiring.