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Edited by II Smiggles II: 9/17/2015 1:27:09 PM
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The Education System Is Flawed but How can We Fix it?

It’s been proven not only by regular ordinary people all over the world, but also seasoned scientists that we, as humans, desire to learn. We crave to absorb new discoveries, ideas, and experiences. We are, by nature, consumers. We also know that school is less than a pleasant experience. You’re forced to learn things you don’t always care about. The largest argument for this by educational directors and funding is that you will never know what a child will grow up to be and what knowledge they’ll need. It’s better and safer to give them a starter pack of a little bit of everything. However this is reliant on the idea that those who are not legal adults are not mature and developed enough to have the foresight for their future. Despite that, they are given minimal teachings on what actually goes on outside the protective bubbles of schools and the life it comes with at that time. While it certainly is a good idea, in concept, to teach budding young adults a sprinkle of the basics it’s come to our attention, through decades of learning, that you don’t have to force anyone to be taught. Humans are fascinatingly malleable creatures. Not only by those around them but by their own hand. You can teach yourself, and likely have, topics you’ve never even heard of before by the smallest clipping of a clue to what it is. That is, if it interests you. We’re conditioned to believe we need a teacher. That we, by any means, have to be fed carefully in order to understand the mental tools we require to learn from more advanced teachers. Children and young adults are given far less credit than they deserve when it comes to what their minds can do. [b]Do you believe if you were allowed to learn instead of forced you would enjoy school more? Do you believe there are ways to improve and make the education system more beneficial? How would you change it? [/b]

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  • Edited by Fotbitr: 9/17/2015 2:53:56 PM
    Children are obliged to education, as they owe it to society to be educated. Society is obliged to provide a relevant education; they owe it to the children. Someone here is dropping the ball. And nobody likes being forced to do things ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), but I think there's a critical misunderstanding on both sides why we do what we do in terms of schooling. I'm not qualified to approach the best way to instill how important this shit is in [i]everybody[/i], but I imagine it starts at home. Smart people are cool. Make kids see that. On a personal note, I'd like it if curriculums were updated to reflect anything in the past 100 years or so (politics aside, keep teaching politics). Thought you, or someone, might enjoy the video. I'm not Murrican but I did spend some time in school there in the 90's, if that counts, lol. Canada works on more or less the same system, but our teachers are compensated better and their union is actually one of, if not the, most powerful union in Canada hahaha. [spoiler]Survival of the fittest works, but surely we're competent enough to outdo it.[/spoiler] [spoiler]I also dropped out of school, to get my equivilency and go straight to college. -blam!- highschool.[/spoiler]

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