Jie Ying, please make sure you finish your homework before you hang out with your friends!” My parents often said this to me when I was in elementary school. I am sure that every parent realizes the importance of education in today’s society. In the era of globalization, we know that higher education graduates tend to get a better life in future. Therefore, acquiring a higher education is not only essential for individual themselves but also for the offspring. For instance, in the four articles about different aspects of education that we read in class, authors made comparisons between the education system used in the past and today, which directly brought us to the importance of education in the previous generations and today’s generation. I personally agree with both authors about freedom to think, tolerance between faculty and students as well as the atmosphere of class. Children deserve to have the freedom to think rationally. Hence, I certainly agree with Kie Ho’s thoughts about, “children despite of their ages should be provided with opportunities to think freely” (p.113). Parents are not encouraged to marginalize children’s freedom to think. When children are able to think broadly, this directly brings them a step closer to success. Children are able to create new ideas and these new ideas are significant to them as well as society. Parents should treasure how rational their children can be when it comes to the aspect of thinking. By providing opportunity to think freely, children will be able to boost their self-esteem. From my past experience, my parents always wanted me to follow exactly on what they taught me since young. I got fed up easily when my parents did not allowed me to join a one-day camp in school. I bravely rebelled against my parents even though they did not allow me to join the camp. At the end, I joined the camp by telling them that I had to attend a replacement class in school. After coming back from camp, I told t