The Truth About Our Education System

Firstly I request whoever reads this to share it as much as possible because maybe just maybe it can bring a difference. If you don’t read this blog in it’s entirety, no hard feelings but deep down inside you will get a good idea of who you really are. Someone who ignores wrong-doings and can’t bother for change. So let me ask you this question, are you that person?

The Education system has plenty of flaws many of which have lasted decades and if nothing is done sooner it could continue for decades more. Let’s take a look at some of the problems because the first step to finding a solution is always identifying the problem. 

Take a look at New York from a 100 years ago to now:-

Take a look at fashion from a 100 years ago to now:-

Now I ask you to take a look at a classroom from a 100 years ago to now:-

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Shocking right? In a 100 years the only thing that has changed in a classroom is the introduction of fancy gadgets and machines. In almost a century nothing has changed except the blackboard being replaced by a smart board. 

The education system has been derived by a much older system used to train factory workers. The workers would be given time to eat, set up in rows, told to raise their hands if they had any questions. Sound familiar?

No creativity and sense of individualism was encouraged. Everyone had to compete for an A. An A that symbolizes product quality as in A grade meat. Everyone was taught the same thing and the bell decided when they could rest, eat or study. Basically, they didn’t have a say in anything they were doing. 

That is the system our so called ‘modern education structure’ is derived from. Now tell me this, are students or children a product? Are children race horses to gain profit from? Then why do we stamp this mindset into their brains that a single letter defines your worth, a single letter defines what you will or won’t do in life. 

That factory worker system is outdated and doesn’t belong in the 21st century no more. It is time we bring change into our system to better adapt to today’s students around the world. 

How can you teach 30 students with different gifts, different strengths, different weaknesses the same thing. Students are told to forget their gifts, their passions and pursue what everyone else is doing. 

Why aren’t teachers paid as much as doctors. Teachers are the builders of the future, shaping the minds of future citizens and future leaders so why is it that teachers aren’t regarded as heroes. Why is it that they aren’t paid as well as any other profession that saves lives. Due to this repeating cycle of blame from students, blame from parents and blame from their own superiors many teachers have given up on shaping the youth instead viewing it as nothing but a mere job.

It is sad to see creativity being brutally murdered every single day without anyone raising their voices. The world of today appreciates thinking outside of the box and if we don’t teach our children to think outside of the box now, who knows what might happen to the planet a 100 years from now.