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It's not whether it is new or not,
its the fact of the matter that there
are some serious flaws in today's
education system. To justify the fact
that standardization from the Common
core is more so beneficial than a
modem of personalized education is
absurd. Please explain how you
justify that model, I'm really
curious as about your reasons that
back it up.

On 7/02/14, AW -- I think you are a
little behind the times wrote:
> This philosophy - education mantra
-- came out about 20 years
> ago and has been tried in various
ways since. Nothing
> mentioned is new.
>
> On 7/01/14, Hunter wrote:
>> I hope I'm not the only person
here that realizes the
> current education system is
>> useless and a TOTAL waste of time
for all of our students.
> Often the blame is put
>> on the teachers (which in some
cases is absolutely valid),
> but have people ever
>> thought that maybe it's the
curriculum?
>>
>> Education is not just a delivery
system (like it is now),
> it's supposed to be about
>> teaching kids how to apply the
concepts of the subjects to
> real life applications.
>> It's not about trying to remember
& repeat. Tell me how
> long your memory can
>> hold onto information you find
boring? Exactly, not long at
> all. The chance of a
>> student actually 100% remembering
the things taught to
> him/her, is slim to
>> nothing. Instead of trying to
teach the technicals to them,
> lets teach the
>> technicals, but with an emphasis
on how to apply these
> CONCEPTS & the process
>> to real world problems.
>>
>> Here are the current problems with
the education system:
>>
>> 1) There is no creativity & does
not allow for individual
> uniqueness
>>
>> 2) We deal with conditioned
learning, the students can not
> think for themselves!
>> They're being taught what to
think, instead of them finding
> the answers on their
>> own.
>>
>> 3) It's BORING, students HATE
going to school! Lets change
> that! You're not
>> going to make it into a place they
love to go to, but at
> least lets make it
>> enjoyable!
>>
>> 4) There are no classes that apply
to different problems in
> the real world.
>>
>> 5) After freshman year in high
school, a lot of the
> information is recycled from
>> previous years!
>>
>> 6) Tests are way too standardized
and determine whether the
> student passes or
>> not. They should HELP with
learning, not DETERMINE the
> student's fate.
>>
>> 7) Kids are not taught how to
fail, and how to take risks.
> They are scared to fail!
>>
>> 8) We try to teach kids while they
deal with temptation
> from technology.
>> EMBRACE the technology, allow it
in the class rooms, use it
> as a tool for learning!
>> We live in the 21st century, we
have to adapt to the social
> changes!
>>
>> 9) We tell students how to live in
a democracy, instead of
> having them actually
>> participate in a democracy.
>>
>> ---Solutions (Open to revision &
advice)---
>>
>> 1) Allow kids to work from their
own point of view. Let
> them learn in their own
>> unique way.
>>
>> 2) Have them do more hands-on
learning, labs, and
> exercises. Make them draw
>> their own conclusions & interact
with the exercise to find
> the correct answer.
>> Don't just tell them what they
need to know, make them
> figure out how to find
>> out what they need to know. For
example: In math, don't
> just give them a
>> problem to work out, give them a
visual of a real world
> problem (like filling up a
>> glass of water), then ask them how
long it takes to fill it
> up. Make them ask
>> questions, intrigue their
curiosity, and make them think
> about what they need to
>> figure out in order to solve the
problem. They need to
> figure out the dimensions
>> of the glass, how much water is
coming out of the faucet
> per second, etc.
>>
>> 3) Let them have classes that
pertain to their interests.
> Less standardization, and
>> more personalization! Why do you
think they're bored at
> school? Because they're
>> being force fead stuff they don't
care about. Let them
> expand on their passion,
>> allow them to study what ever it
is their motivated about,
> embrace their curiosity
>> & allow them to feed that
curiosity. Curiosity is the #1
> thing that will promote
>> learning, why are we shunning it?!
Allow the learning to be
> open to their
>> uniqueness, allow for them to
learn in their own way.
>>
>> 4) Make classes that apply to the
world they will live in,
> in just a few years. Such
>> as, a class on taxes, opening &
maintaining a bank account,
> job interviews,
>> parenting from a psychological
standpoint (how different
> tactics impact the
>> development of a child), managing
money, nutrition &
> physicality, etc.
>>
>> 5) Allow students to take classes
that pertain to them &
> what they want to do. In
>> high school, they will be
graduating in a few years, and
> most kids have NO idea
>> what they want to do. Why not
allow for students to take a
> path that will help
>> them find what they want to do
while still in high school,
> such as them taking
>> courses towards their future
career (and will make up most
> of their curriculum),
>> again, feed that curiosity! If
they change their mind on
> what they want to do,
>> fine! They're young and still
learning, and they're still
> under the roof of their
>> parents, what better time than to
change your mind instead
> of when you're off to
>> college? (Yes, there will always
be exceptions to this).
>>
>> 6) Tests should help the teachers
know what the child is
> having trouble with, not
>> whether or not the student will
advance to the next
> grade/class. If they fail a test
>> why is it that it fails them in
the class, and makes them
> scared to fail? Instead, if
>> they fail a test, help them with
their problems & get them
> to figure out what they
>> did wrong and to get them to think
critically about how to
> correct the mistakes.
>> This is where you teach kids how
to fail, how to mistakes,
> and then how to be
>> able to look at failures from a
learning perspective in
> order to make it better
>> next time, not from a perspective
of being scared to fail.
>>
>> 7) The above question pretty much
answers this. Allow kids
> to take risks & to
>> fail without them being afraid of
it. Look at all
> entrepreneurs & people who have
>> significantly impacted the world,
do you think they were
> scared to fail? Sure, but
>> not to the point of where it
inhibited them from trying.
> How many of you have
>> maybe wanted to pursue your
passion, or a great idea, but
> was scared to try?
>> Probably many. Lets change that!
Lets take that trait out
> of our children and
>> teach them how to embrace failing
as a learning experience,
> and not teach them
>> to be scared of failing to the
point they don't want to try
> and take the risk. Teach
>> kids how to fail, by getting them
to fail.
>>
>> 8) Allow a trust between the
teacher & the student to use
> their cell phones
>> during class. A trust that the
student will use it
> moderately in an adequate
>> manner. When abusing of that trust
starts to happen, THAT
> is when disciplinary
>> actions or compromises can take
place. They suffer from
> severe temptation from
>> technology, just allow it! In
other cases, use it as a
> teaching tool! Have them get
>> on their phones & find a way to
incorporate it into the
> lesson. Let them get on
>> their favorite apps or websites,
and find a way to
> incorporate it into the lesson.
>> We are in the 21st century, it's
time to adapt.
>>
>> 9) Allow the school to be ran in a
manner similar to a
> democracy. Allow trust
>> between the students and the
governing body. You want to
> teach kids how to be
>> good members of society, and how
to support a government of
> democracy? This
>> is how you do it. Make it
adequate. Obviously they are
> children and don't fully
>> know how to behave correctly, but
make it adequate to where
> they have a say in
>> their education and how things are
ran. As they increase in
> age from elementary
>> to high school, increase the power
they have. Why do we
> feel we should run
>> things that we think are best,
when they are the students
> that are actually the
>> ones learning? They are not
robots, we don't just program
> to a
>> schedule/curriculum that we think
is best. They are humans
> that need to have a
>> say & make things better for
themselves. They are the ones
> in the learning
>> process, they know how to make it
work better than we do.
>>
>> --- What The Objectives of a
School Should Be---
>>
>> Bring creativity back into
schools. There need not be
> punishment for failing &
>> mistakes. Mistakes are simply just
kids trying to do things
> form their point of
>> view, who are we to tell them why
are wrong in doing that?
> This allows to create
>> leaders & innovators, instead of
kids who are taught what
> to think. They will now
>> think for themselves and take
advantage of their unique
> abilities and creativity
>> that they are born with. We need
to recognize their talents
> and let them expand
>> on those talents.
>>
>> Create students that know how to
think divergently, outside
> the box, and how to
>> recognize & solve problems.
Education is not about just
> remembering and
>> regurgitating, it is about
learning concepts of problem
> solving, and being able to
>> use concepts taught in school to
apply in the real world.
> Education is about
>> inspiring one's mind, not just
filling their head. The
> objective is to intrigue
>> students, get them curious, and to
ask questions.
>>
>> Look at all majorly successful
people and look at what they
> have in common.
>> Richard Branson (Virgin Airlines),
Elon Musk (SpaceX,
> PayPal, Tesla, & Solar City),
>> Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs
(Apple), Mark Zuckerburg
> (Facebook), Henry
>> Ford (Ford Motors), etc. What do
these people have in
> common? They all have the
>> ability to recognize a problem,
and think critically to
> solve that problem. Do you
>> think it matters what they got on
their 12 grade calculus
> test? No. They all were
>> not afraid to fail nor to take the
risk. They all ventured
> into the darkness to try
>> something new, and to take a
chance at creating something
> big. This, along with
>> the general curriculum, is what we
need to teach our
> children.

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