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Re: Students, what is your fantasy education system?
Fantasy education system? Oh boy.
I cannot really say what exactly it would consist of, but here's some of the details:
1. The system would not be based on a 'one size fits all' method of teaching. In fact, if a student wanted to study by his or herself, and only have the teacher for difficult things, then so be it.
2. There would be no such thing as a cirriculum, for how can you learn anything when you know how everything is going to turn out in the end? How can you learn with such a linear path? How can anybody learn with teachers guiding the outcome towards what they want? Learning needs to be hands on experimentation (in science and math) and reading (in everything else) so that reality becomes a teacher, and hopefully the lone teacher, and all the possibilities can be learned.
3. Public schools will be public schools, private schools will be private. Somewhere in between there should be study hall that existed back in the schools of my mom and dad's day. Where anyone could gather and get away from the noise and false reality that lives in the public school system, and of course, focus on what they do not understand. This study hall could be accessed at any time, even during school hours, as long as the student has a pass. (Edited version)
4. Your grade and level should never be affected by your attendance but rather whether or not you understood the material. Example: Back when my school was on block scheduling, the Algebra 2 book's material was divied into two classes, Algebra 3 and 4. I took Algebra 3, studied the Algebra 4 material over the holiday break, and got the best score on the Algebra 4 exam than anyone else did who actually took that class. Now I'm in pre-calc even though I never took Algebra 4. (and this is in the 6-hour scheduling)
5. Students should really be able to study towards their major, and only that, when they get to college and maybe even high school. It is just a waste of time to learn something you will not use just because it is required to have such a credit to graduate. What we also don't know is the REAL reason WHY we have to learn useless material that is not towards our major. Is someone up to no good in this world???
6. Standardized testing would be rid of, torn up, thrown away, and written out of the history books. It is such a horrible measure of a person's ability and importance to society that I think future civilizations would be embarrassed to know their ancestors used a measuring stick for the brain to determine whether or not a person was capable of doing anything let alone smart enough to goto college.
7. Schools would never block the truth and reality of the world just to make everybody happy, for everyone will need to confront it, so we might as well learn how to handle it from day 1.
That's pretty much all my fantasy school system would include. It would still be your standard K-12, but with these new back doors, 'users' would be able to be served what they demand.
Got one question of curiosity though, what brought this topic up? Seems awfully interesting.
-Joe
Last edited by JoeXIII'007 : 23-11-2005 at 21:17.
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