Education is the most important asset a person should have. These are the keys to success, wealth and knowledge. It is the only good that cannot be taken away from a person and it will open windows of opportunity. Education will help us grow as individuals, understand life better and provide us with financial stability; but what happens when education is reduced? By making budget cuts in education, is it to help education or to disappoint it? In public school chief Jack O'Connell's news article "Highlights Impact of Budget Cuts to Education," he argues that the governor should not cut the education budget, but rather protect education and invest it in the future. He said the budget cut in education is not a good thing because it will result in "the future of our state continuing to remain shrouded in instability and uncertainty." In other words, he means that education is very important and reducing education is not the way to solve our problem and get out of this crisis. O'Connell stressed that he couldn't agree more with the governor's call for courageous decision-making to close California's massive budget deficit, which currently stands at $24.3 billion. . O'Connell argued that "making education the scapegoat for California's financial mess is not the solution." According to him, this will not constitute a solution. It shows statistics that for the current school year the governor has proposed cuts of about $1.3 billion and for the next school year it will be another $4 billion. immediate. He highlighted some specific examples of the impact of education cuts, including: "... middle of paper ... courage is just a word until it's backed by the right guy of action. And the right kind of action in this case means protecting education and investing in the future," he said. "Legislature and the governor must consider new revenues and close tax loopholes as part of "responsible budgetary compromise, otherwise they will set in motion a downward spiral in the quality of educational experience our children will receive over the next few years," O'Connell said. “Relying solely on these severe cuts will do a great disservice to the future of our children and California, so much so that even they cannot yet fully appreciate it. Education is an integral part of California's long-term economic recovery from this recession, but if we are not willing to invest in it, our state's future will continue to remain shrouded in instability and uncertainty.."