The education system has greatly impacted my life over the past years, both negatively and positively. I have learnt abundant amounts of information that will tremendously impact my future, I have also been taught things that will not assist me in my future, such as how to create a paper soccer ball. Education is designed to prepare youth for the reality of becoming adults, or at least that is what it is supposed to be doing. It only appears to have one goal, boosting the economy. What is the true purpose of education? The North American education system consists of many benefits, it also hosts countless flaws. Education is an essential part of lives around the world. Everyday students attend classes, but it is not always evident as to why …show more content…
For instance, society has been prioritizing math and science being taught in school. Recently, careers that revolve around them are quite valued thanks to their ability to enhance the economy, causing the humanities to be less appreciated. For instance, in the Reader’s Digest article “The Closing of the (North) American Mind”, Robert Nielsen explains that due to their insufficient exposure to literature, students lack the “awareness of the depths as well as the heights of human nature” and are even doubting the existence of evil in the world (326). This statement demonstrates how the flaws of the education system cause students to be blind of the capabilities of human behaviour due to the decrease in reading, because reading allows you to analyze life and humanity from a different. As students are predominantly exposed to math and science, which are known for being explaining what seems to be the truth, which results in their trust of everyone and everything. In addition, students are profoundly open to anything. Openness may lead to closed minds due to their negligence towards the difference “between right and wrong, between truth and error” because they are open to all ideas and opinions given to them, which is being taught to them “instead of leading them to seek knowledge and certitude” (Nielsen, 328). Personally, I agree with Nielsen’s statement because many of my peers are willing to trust any method that could possibly assist them to overcome their challenges, which may cause them to miss opportunities to learn. Another goal of the education system should be to build confidence and self-esteem. These are truly important traits, because they support you in troublesome confrontations, but may cause possible complications if the individual gains excessive amounts of these traits. In the Harper’s Magazine
America has not changed it’s educational system in over two hundred years. For this reason, our students and population are falling further and further behind. Our society has done nothing but move forward, so why hasn’t our learning? Everybody has a story, opinion, or response to education. We need to invest in refining our tools to succeed, to create a better sense of self, and a stronger, more well-rounded nation. The American educational system is hurting students by passing them without merit and relying on standardized tests; however, many are now running back to these hollowed halls to ensure better futures.
America’s public school system started off very rough, but through the dedication of many hard-working Americans, it was starting to shape into a system that allowed all children, regardless of race, gender, religion, or nation of origin, to have an education.
The greatest country in the world still has problems evenly distributing education to its youth. The articles I have read for this unit have a common theme regarding our education system. The authors illustrate to the reader about the struggles in America concerning how we obtain and education. Oppression, politics, racism, and socioeconomic status are a few examples of what is wrong with our country and its means of delivering a fair education to all Americans.
The need for education is a massive problem that the United States is facing in the current day. According to the United Way’s web...
“If you would just get up and teach them instead of handing them a packet. There’s kids in here that don’t learn like that. They need to learn face to face. I’m telling you what you need to do. You can’t expect a kid to change if all you do is just tell ‘em.” Texas student, Jeff Bliss, decided to take a stand against the lack of teaching going on in his class (Broderick).
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the American educational system has undergone much transition in response to our changing society. Though there have been many problems raised throughout the years in regard to what our school systems should be teaching our children, there have also been many developments.
Education has always been at the core of our society. Education, along with society, continue to not only teach the young community, but model us into so called “civilized citizens”. A civilized citizen, is one who continues to behave and move along the path of human advancement. As a student, the educational systems will teach you the following: what to do, how to act, and how to think. Coming from a student’s perspective, schools are becoming more military based. For example, people within the military wear uniforms. Do all civilized citizens have to wear uniforms? The change in education is not through books, but the attitude of what freedom has allowed in the past years, violence in the school systems.
President Ronald Reagan once described America as, “A Nation at Risk,” He was addressing this statement to the education department thirty years ago and meant it as a wake-up call. He was aware that the United States was falling behind in education and needed to take action in order to prevent the demise of the country. Reagan correctly predicted the grim fate of America if education did not see improvement. Today, research finds that American education is failing to provide the necessary skills to succeed in college and various careers. The quality of education in America is a growing issue and every year graduate students are finding it more difficult to obtain high paying jobs and start his or her career. According to studies conducted globally, the curriculum in America is not as advanced and years behind international schools in countries such as China and Japan. There is much controversy in government over what can be done to reverse the situation in public schools but possible solutions that have been suggested are hiring more qualified teachers, more classroom time, and investing more money into education.
First, a student who wants to be successful should be open-minded. For example, in The Allegory of the Cave, Plato, who is a well-known Greek ancient philosopher and teacher, uses prisoners to symbolize the importance of education and how things you are already used to is hard to adjust because you are not open-minded. “…eyes may be confused in two ways and from two causes, namely, when they’ve come from light into the darkness and when they’ve come from darkness into light” (Plato 5). The prisoners were chained by their necks and legs since their childhood that kept their bodies tuned one way. They saw statues of people, and animals made out of wood because of the light provided by the fire. One day a prisoner was freed, but it was hard for him to adjust to the sunlight because he was already used to living in the dark cave. It was even harder for him to adjust back to the darkness because he was already adjusting to the sunlight. After being in the sunlight for so long, he wasn’t able to see the shadows; he saw before because he adjusted to the sunlight. A person who is open-minded about others opinions could learn from them because their views may be
Throughout my experience in the public school system, I have heard the line, “What do I need to know this for anyway?” about 1,057 times. It is not uncommon to hear students complain about the worth of their education. Regardless, there seems to be a unanimous agreement that the youth needs education to succeed in life. What is education anyway and what does schooling accomplish? In his book, “A Time to Learn” George Wood provides a definition of education as “making wise citizens and good neighbors who can think deeply and intelligently about issues of self and society, take care for and respect others, take care of their family needs, and contribute to the welfare of others” (Glickman 48). Is school necessary for developing this type of educated citizen? If not, how is it we measure success and how is school important in attaining that?
The education system has been a controversial issue among educators. Requirements of school do not let student choose what they want to study for their future. It’s a big issue to force student study specific curriculums, which don’t help them improve, and what they like to create something. Educators choose a general system for education to all students which based on general knowledge. Intelligent or genius students have to be in that system of education, which doesn’t let them improve their creativity. Educators attempt to change that system to make it better, but their changing was not that great to be an example for the world. Also, did that change qualify education system to compete other systems or not? In some examples and reasons have been made me agree with some of points from Gatto’s and Edmunson’s and disagree them.
There are many important things children gain while growing up; the most important thing children gain growing up is their education. The educational skills children learn in school teach them the skills they need to perform outside of the classroom and in the workforce. With education being one of the most important gains in the lives of children, it has come to light how in recent years the United States has fallen further and further behind its peers in international rankings. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2009 educational scores, the United States ranks “33” (1), which is lower than the 2002 ranking of “18” (CNN). With such a decrease in the United States ranking, parents wonder why American students are falling behind.
America is a blessed country in numerous ways, and its citizens reap the benefits. Free education is one major benefit that not many other countries provide for their citizens. While it is only a privilege to many, but in the States, people have the right to be educated. However, free education cannot be translated to success for all. For those motivated ones who cherish the privilege to be educated are those who climb up the success ladders later in life. For a certain majority of students in the States, our current educational system may not seem to serve its purpose. In this paper, I will explore two possible adjustments that could be made to improve our system to benefit our next generation. Academic improvement and class size reduction are the two adjustments that I will elaborate on.
Education is a very important aspect of the lives of all people all over the world. What we learn, not just in the classroom, shapes who we are. We take our education everywhere we go. We use it when talking to our buddies about sports or music, we use it while solving a math problem, we use our education while debating with our family whether or not we should watch TV or go to the movies. Our education is the foundation of who we are, since every decision we make and every thought we think is dependent on what we know. Imagine how different the world would be if everyone craved learning to such a degree that at lunch tables all over the world the topic of conversation isn't who likes who, or how drunk someone got over the weekend, but it would be what books were read over the weekend, and what new ideas were thought of. This crave for learning would be an ideal but still suggests need for improvement with the current educational system. It seems that the problem with education is that somewhere along the lines the human race forgot (assuming they, at one point, understood how valuable information is) that learning is not just a mandatory process, but also an opportunity to transcend and open the gateway to a better understanding.
Education will help you grow as an individual because the more knowledge you have the better understanding you will have in any given problem that will come your way. It will give you self satisfaction and will boost your self confidence. As an individual I know it will help me in a lot of aspects in my life. It will give me a financial stability because I will be able to land a good job and a high paying salary. I will learn how to spend my money and will learn how to invest it wisely. The more education I have the more respect and acknowledgement I will get from people. Knowledge is really important that is why we need to take it seriously. It is the strong weapon you can have to conquer this complex world. If you have a good education nobody can fool you and you will not tolerate any mistreatment from people. It will give you a better views in life if you are well educated.