Modern Schools: The Future Of The Future

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Schools The future. A spectacular, but entirely unnerving subject. In the 20th century people saw the future as an amazing place, new inventions whizzing down streets every which way. Everything shining, sparkling, dazzling us. But how do we see the future now? We see a future of uncertainty. Albert Einstein once said, "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.". The world around us is in constant motion, ever changing. New and exciting things are happening each and every day. So why can our school systems not seem to keep up? The concept of modern day schooling has existed since the 1800s. School has been around for a long time, yet our educational …show more content…

The education system performs perfectly and does exactly what it was designed to do. The problem is that it was formed over 100 years ago in a different time, for a different need, in a different world economy to satisfy a different lifestyle and using the technology that was available then. Humanity has made leaps and bounds of change, but our learning approach has stayed significantly the same since it was first constructed. If you think about it schools run like factories, which in the 1880s was perfect. People went to school in a factory-like environment learning how to work in …show more content…

We all do. Whitney Houston sings a song named “The Greatest Love of All”. One particular line of this song inspires me to change my future, “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way”. We are the future and if we don 't try to change it, we will be living someone else 's past. We need to, as the song says, lead the way. Nothing will change unless you get up off the couch ready to go out there and make a difference. If you want something you have to ask for it. Our parents have taught us this lesson since day one. I challenge each of us to make a change in the world as we know it. Make it the world as we want it, how we want it to be, not the way some 75 year old man up in an office somewhere thinks it should be. You have the right to choose how your life will be. Make your decision, and choose

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