How Do You Imagine Your Ideal School?

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Zoltan_Cserei]Zoltan Cserei

Have you ever thought about why you are going to school? I mean, literally thought about it and not just the "damn, it's school time again" things:D Through our lifetime, we change our environment several times, we move house, change jobs, partners, and we do change school. These changes are always subject of hard decisions, and we all see the pros and cons of these, having an ideal of where we would like to end up. Let's talk about this. How do You imagine your ideal school?

Opinions vary. Some say that a school should present classic, sometimes inclement values; that a school should be a gauge for regularity, for precision set in stone. Others vote for a vibrant student life, full of parties and different events. From another point of view, some people prefer following the curriculum strictly and work hard for obtaining as good marks as possible, while others don't care as much about following the set out layout and rather engage in different activities. This is not just a question of the individual, the school is also responsible for providing its students with enough good opportunities. I consider myself lucky regarding my schooling so far: I have quite good academical results, and also like to participate in leisure time activities provided by our school and our youth council. I am proud to be able to learn where I do. Education is an important aspect of our lives, and no phase from kindergarten until university can be accentuated enough. There's no country in the world where the educational system doesn't receive heaps of critique, and just like the hundreds of journalists who don't have anything better to write about, I also have a strong opinion on how schooling should work, and what is not right. So, how do you imagine your ideal educational system? Let me share what I think. All the ideas may not apply to your country as well, because many things differ from country to country, however, I believe that most of what I'm going to say apply everywhere.

Freedom To Work On Your Own Projects

Everyone has to follow the curriculum to some measure, because a pinch of knowledge from every area is a great help in a deeper understanding of life. However, the value of the mastery of a given subject is unquestionable and insuperable. I believe that the knowledge acquired through everyday classes is enough to develop a very good skill in almost any given area. On the other hand, when you are given the choice libré to work on a subject that you really like, and you can dig deeper: now that's a totally different story. Last weekend one of my friends and I participated in a youth scientific research conference, where we presented our research about the causes and results of changes in tale telling habits and the negative side effects of violent cartoons. It was wonderful for me, even if I don't intend to become a sociologist or psychologist or anything similar (at the moment architecture seems the most compelling to me), it was still an experience full of new knowledge and ideas. I believe that anyone should be given the opportunity and also the support to be able to do serious research during school time (even before college).

Freedom To Learn According To Your Personality

We have specialized schools everywhere, art classes, social sciences, sciences of nature, information technology, and so on.. however, even if we have this choice to continue our studies in an environment tailored to our needs, some evident problems still arise. I'm talking about rating. It doesn't matter whether it's done using letters or numbers, percentage, or the devil knows what else, the result is always the same: students are classified and measured. How do you measure a man? I don't have the answer. But I don't think that if my thermodynamics test result is higher than my buddy's than he should feel like he is an inferior man. Okay, we are different, some are better regarding academic knowledge than others. However, the latter are not given a frigging chance of self-confidence, no one tells them that maybe their values are to be found elsewhere (everyone is valorous). I'm talking of the unmeasurable values: human kindness, self-sacrifice, imagination, practicality and so on. Some people excel at these areas of life, and these people are stigmatized as useless in school. We are different personalities, and deploy a whole range of different values. I'm not saying that anyone with a kind smile should be respected even if he or she has a strong belief regarding to equality of two plus two to five. I'm just saying that the focus should be rather put on learning and acquiring new ideas and becoming wiser in a way instead of creating a hierarchy of people according to their thermodynamics test.

We Need The Instinct To Learn

As a result of this wretched evaluation system, our instinct to learn new things has been largely eradicated. It would be great to have guidelines on what to read, in which direction to develop yourself, however, no one should be given so much compulsory reading that she doesn't have the time to read what she's interested in. Curiosity is among our biggest weapons. By overburdening ourselves, it might fade a little, thus lowering our appetite for fresh knowledge. I don't take compulsory tasks too seriously in school - I never did, and this is not an advice everyone should follow - but I try to always rank high on any activity (competitions, conferences, cultural events, etc.) that is outside of the rigid frames of robotic classes. What do you think, what is more important: to gate all the A++ marks and learn everything you're told to learn word by word, or to get active and climb the tree of knowledge, using the guides you were given in school.

Zoli Cserei is the author of [http://www.simplywilldo.com]Simply Will Do a thought-provoking blog about simplicity, productivity and greatness of life, providing useful tips and deep thoughts.

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