I completely agree with Sir Ken Robinson. Public education truly sucks. We are forced to study the same subjects until grade 10. (in normal schools) Examinations tests us how much we memorized of the subjects we never chose to take. In middle school, I hated the subject "Technology and Household" because I had to memorize stuff what I thought was completely useless. I wasn't planning to weld metals, and I'd suck anyway. And if I did become a person who welds metals, I don't need to know the history of technology to do that. Subjects these days exist just because the government officials never thought of changing or replacing them.
Arts is another point Sir Ken Robinson brought up. A musician surley doesn't need to know what is the meaning of the solution of Schrodinger's equation in Hydrogen atom. People look up to great artists without even knowing why and still discourage their childs of being one. Most of the jobs exist now don't need college graduates. But because everybody goes to college, if you don't go to college you won't get a job because you don't have a degree you don't need. The education system nowdays rank students, fisrt to last, require them to study language and math. An intelligent person is not only people who memorizes or solves math problems well. People who are gifted in music, poems, novels, drawings, dancing - they are intelligent. You cannot force them to take a standardized test and tell them they are idiots. Now that's a good way of destroying talents.
Of course, to some degree diverse subjects should be teached to students. When they're young and when they're not sure what they want to be. Making them experience diverse subjects so they know what they want. But still, not memorizing all the facts. Science class should take place in the lab, not textbooks. Students should grab any instrument and play it in music class.
1. THB students have to take history class mandatorily until high school.
2. THB grading systems should be abolished.
3. THB the number of colleges should be reduced to a place where only 1% of people are allowed to go.
Best variety of motions I've read yet. I like them all and especially number 3 would be fun to play with - it's actually scary to read. The idea might have something to offer if tinkered. In Seoul I'm always amazed that every third subway stop seems to be named after a university (in certain areas anyway). Maybe school should be extended three more years. Maybe highschool is not enough. Times have changed. After highschool, people used to get married right away. Now they get married in their late twenties or early thirties. Times have changed but has educaiton changed with it?
답글삭제Good stuff.