The Corruption in Todays Education System
i would like for you to reflect on a
time that you made a decision
just because it was the easy way out and
you didn’t want to deal with an internal
or physical conflict
for example maybe you push back doing
work or doing the dishes simply because
it’s easier this way that may be your
opinion but there is clearly
a morally correct solution anyone can
form an idea
or an opinion but there is one skill
that is constantly forgotten
that one skill is justification
schooling often lacks reason and a
format that is contributed to
by students parents and faculty to gain
all points of view
most schools encourage extracurricular
activities whether it be a sport club or
team
most schools encourage spending extra
time with the teacher when you need help
and most schools encourage having a
wonderful time with your family on the
weekend
the point is most schools encourage many
activities or solutions that are meant
to keep students happy
and responsible the air within this goal
is that there is no realistic time
for all of this priorities can be made
by a student but generally a student
will choose an a or b in all of their
classes and loses
interest in topics that could last a
lifetime rather than a couple of days
according to livescience.com about 30
percent of students say that they are
bored in class because of the small
interaction made between themselves and
the teacher while about
70 percent say that they are bored
because the material being taught is not
of interest to them
in response to this a school might say
well these skills are mandatory for
one’s future life and the jobs one may
hold in each topic
but according to ridgewater college one
tends to work in a field that serves of
interest to them and about twenty to
fifty percent of students enter college
undecided
if twenty to fifty percent of students
enter college undecided then isn’t there
a possibility
that nothing in particular was of
interest to them throughout school
or what they were interested in was not
taught
school gives students a platform to
reach goals learn responsibility
and ultimately challenge oneself
unfortunately there is so much more to
life that people constantly struggle
with such as mental health finance
nutrition and so
much more i question why we can’t learn
more about the current problems in
today’s society as we are constantly
seeing communities struggle to keep up
i want to be an influence in the world
and not just a continuation to past
generations
my experience in learning about x and y
or analyzing a book has not been easy
this type of work does challenge me but
it might not allow for me to rise with
or change the world
these skills do not always secure life
past school whether society wants that
or not and we might as well help
students who choose to pursue a career
unrelated to standard topics or
even students who need to support their
family although a major
and minor in any core subject is most
students goal there needs to be an
alternative for two reasons the first
reason being that college isn’t always
an option
and the second being that interests are
changing and being able to secure base
standards such as what was mentioned
earlier
like health finance nutrition and more
are topics that still need to be
mastered today
for example according to worldvision.org
about 9.2 percent of the world survives
on a dollar 90 a day
and although this is much lower than the
36 percent
in 1990 why is this being ignored in
school when students
are the future who have the ability to
affect this 9.2 percent
the education system always wants
students to reach for 100
so how come the education system isn’t
taking that extra step
the data being represented that is so
easy to find on the internet is not just
there to sit and look at
it is there to help and to create change
and whether it’s too difficult to make a
change or too scary to make a change
what is that showing to students who
constantly encounter difficult in and
out of school situations
school is meant to be the stepping
stones to eventually form a striving
future
but how can that be possible if there is
no new information or topics to fix our
heirs
you may have heard this in school but
generally there’s a universal truth and
all ideas should lead back to it
from my perspective that truth is not
being represented today
if you think of one paragraph as what
it’s morally taught and another
paragraph is the education systems
formatting
they do not lead back to the same
universal truth what is morally taught
is not performed by the education system
and that is no way towards improvement
although i have a perspective towards a
specific change and would like to share
it
i want to clarify that at this point any
change is ideal over the change itself
to prove that we are trying
which is one of the most common
teachings for all ages
onto the specific change is that
students need to be able to have more
control over their classes
and overall have a choice in what they
are learning if students enjoyed what
they learned and how they learned it
there could be a drastic and positive
change in mental health and global
issues
in addition many students have at least
one class that they would like to cut
out of their schedule
and having the opportunity to experiment
with subtopics like health accounting
psychology teaching and more
without losing a class such as art choir
and band is what would keep a student
engaged and in the end
that is what is needed although this
time from unnecessary classes should not
go directly to free time
it should go to a beneficial cause that
reflects our ideal future
if everyone is different and unique then
why can’t that be expressed earlier
through what we are interested in
there are so many wise that simply don’t
have justification to it which is why
i want to come back to the root of the
issue which is that justification needs
to be extended from school to reality in
a way that our teachings stay consistent
this does not mean that they cannot
change but they should be reflected upon
all ages and all ideas
please in any situation remember these
two goals have justification for your
actions because it reflects your
understanding of your own decisions
which have the ability to affect others
and the second goal should be to embrace
change because the world around us is
constantly changing
the environment is changing the economy
is changing and your own family could be
changing
so isn’t it time to question why the
education system has not made many
changes
thank you
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