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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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  • I think you've articulated your point incredibly well, and I especially appreciate the fact that you've invited discussion rather than insisting that your word is law. This is a great discussion topic, others should follow this example. Now, in contributing to this subject, I disagree with your overall suggestion. Yes, the education system is flawed, but I don't think that this is why. At fourteen you enter high school, and your course selection becomes much more malleable to your own design. Elementary school has taught you the basics of everything, now it's up to you to decide where you want to shift your focus. I'm going to use myself as an example, a senior student. I've always aspired to be three things: A writer, a video game developer, and a musician. Video game development is what I've planned to make a career of since I began high school and I have the option to prepare myself for that. My classes this year are as follows: Instrumental music, guitar, photography, writer's craft, English, computer science, media arts, and Maths. All these nurture my creative skills, and the technical skills I'll need as a game designer. Because that's what I've chosen. By the time you're able to really consider all aspects of your future, you're able to shape your education accordingly and lose the frills. No, my problem with education is that it requires such focus. In the past few years I've also considered a career in graphic design, but I haven't once reconsidered my aspirations for game design. Rarely does anyone have the time or the [i]money[/i] for two degrees. And western society is shaped so that no one will hire you without a degree in the field. This is what holds us back more than anything. This is blocking us out of our own minds, putting barriers between what we're capable of and what we're allowed to do.

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