I agree that the education system
needs a revolution. The needs of this century cannot be met with a school
system designed in the past. The problems of today are not the linear problems
of an assembly line, at least to our more modernized part of the world. I have
heard these statements in many of the courses that I have taken in education.
The belief and passion is there but the real world application is very
different. We have to deal with many
different socio economic issues and legal mandates that are out of the control
of educators.
I believe there are a lot of people
that are not happy with what they do but that is a symptom more of the real world
than the educational system. I assume there are people that would like to do
what they have a passion for but economically they would not be able to afford
it. Many people will go to college to get a piece of paper that will allow them
to make a good living.
I do like this idea of personalized
curriculum but again I do not believe it would be economically possible to be
able to do that. The responsibility would have to go down to community, at a
smaller scale.
The idea of the linearity of educations really
caught my attention. It is an issue that I have seen get worse in my short
eight year teaching career. Parents put their children on waiting list to get
into certain school because they believe this is the best option to get into
college. The list for this school seems to get longer every year. I have a joke
with my wife that if we want to get our kid into the school we will have to
sign up when she is three months pregnant. The pressure the students are under
to do the best to get into that class that will give them the advantage over
their peers is sad to see. I hate to see a 3rd grader throwing up in
the morning right before they will take the state exam.
Robinson, K. (Performer). (2010). Sir ken robinson: Bring
on the learning revolution! . [Web Video]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r9LelXa3U_I
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