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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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  • Well contrary to popular belief, the United States actually has one of the best education systems in the world at least as far as accessibility goes. Schooling is free and by law there has to be public schools wherever there are kids. That is a far stretch from the UK, Greece, and other parts of Europe as well as Asia where not only does school cost money, but it isn't as widely accessible. Though I do agree that the quality of the learning itself is in need of a serious revision. The problem is with how we measure a student's success. Too much of an emphasis on testing which fosters a spirit of learning just to pass the test then forgetting about it opposed to learning sincerely for the sake of learning *cough* Asian kids/wealthy AP high schools *cough*. I've found that the Socratic method of asking questions and actually trying to engage the classroom in discussion is a much more successful way of learning. I honestly think that as a child, I would have had an easier time in college classes for this precise reason than I had in public school.

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