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lol I thought this, too. This person obviously hasn't been in a
classroom or a school system within the last 10 years.

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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