To What Extent Do
Our Schools Serve the Goals of a True Education?
Suppose the word education had only one true definition: if that was the
case answering this question would be incredibly easy with and yes, or no
answer. However, that is clearly not the case, many things are taken into
consideration when asked if schools ‘serve the goals of a true education’, and
the first would be what ones definition of education is. To a student an education
should be what they learn in their adolescence that they will later be required
to use in their future to solve problems, get jobs, and live in today’s society.
If that is what an education should be, the answer to the stated question would
be no. Of course teachers and instructors teach students what is being given to
them by the boards who decide what is necessary for teens and children to
learn, but it is not information that will be needed in later years. A student
will not need to know the area of a circle unless their future job requires
them to do so, or how plants go through photosynthesis, unless of course their
job requires them to do so. Obviously an overview of all these subjects must be
provided but to go into detail about each of the subjects is unnecessary.
Schools should be teaching the youth how to handle taxes, or how to deal
with a relentless boss, these are things that are needed to survive in society.
Education is what is passed down by the knowledgeable and wise to the upcoming
generation to help the next set of leaders and members of society create a
better life for themselves and create a better tomorrow. An education should
not be a set curriculum that is taught year after year. An education should
always be changing along with society and its ever-changing tasks.
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