Our society claims to want equality, but what we have aimed for is shattering the glass ceiling, as if the only important part of equality is in the business world. Money is the goal we value most. not people, but it is people who determine the quality of life.
Why we have to say one thing is better than the rest I'm not sure. Why not admit that every job is important, that without every cog in the machine, it will eventually bog down and die? The reason for the apparent failure may be hard to pinpoint, especially if it is something we consider insignificant and unimportant, but it will still happen.
Those first years, meaning birth to late teens, create the human being whose decisions will define lives for generations to come. Life does not start with a degree from some prestigious university. It starts the moment our first cries are met with understanding or disdain. The caretakers and teachers of our youngest members of society lay the foundation for what is to come.
Childhood is the training ground for the people who ultimately decide if and how we live or die. It might behoove us to value the people who bring these children up.
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