How Have Education Changed Over The Years

“In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom, which is automatically going to be a high-stimulation environment …. Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them.” – Susan Cain ("Susan Cain Quotes”). Education is important because it provides people with basic information, like how to communicate effectively and compute numbers, which is supposedly useful in the real world ("Why Is Education Important in Life?"). School is meant to be a place where students learn these skills, but our current education system has made school more of a social gathering than anything. All students should have the same opportunity to succeed in their education, but because of this, it is sadly not the case in America. The education system is flawed because extroverted students are praised while introverted students are put down, and we can fix this by changing the

The best solution would be to have smaller classes where personality differences are embraced rather than looked down upon. Teachers could also make reading aloud and participating in groups optional instead of mandatory. This would not only make the quieter students more comfortable, but also enhance their learning experience by forcing them to be accountable for their own work instead of relying on a partner to do it or a classmate to read for them (GCD Team).

As a reader, you can help to solve this issue by encouraging your child, your friends, or even yourself, that it is completely normal to feel intimidated by the current education system, simply because it was not designed for people that are introverted. Tell them that it is all right to be different from the more extroverted students, and that their shyness is not a bad thing that should be looked down