How much has technology changed in the last 100 years? Think about how much manned machinery (cars, motorcycles, planes, cranes, etc) have changed, how they’ve become so complicated and complex. Now think about school, the place where we learn how to follow certain procedures, and in some cases, the place where we learn how to man certain machinery. How much has school changed in the past 100 years? We have the internet now, and that is basically it. So while all those machines are improving, getting more efficient, more complex, we’re staying the same. School’s are not making needed changes to boost these kids to the level needed to work with today’s machinery; we are not making them smarter, and we aren’t trying to teach the future workers of society how to do these things. We need to improve public education or we’re basically looking to have a whole generation of failures, miscreants, and idiots.
Classroom layout is quite important in educational situations and does differ from teacher to teacher, sometimes even day to day, but the basic gist is kids lined up in neat rows (like a factory). Lining up kids like this was important to do when the main jobs were factory jobs and neat rows helped factories become more efficient. It was just helping them get ready to join the workforce. In the present day, factory jobs are becoming less prevalent and the industry is becoming more media influenced, so now there is really no need for neat rows. In reality, children should be able to sit wherever they please to learn how to make independent decisions and become more individual and creative with anything they do. With me so far?
With mental illnesses such as ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning impairments teachers should be taking extra steps to ensure all students know the information, but some teachers aren’t even thorough enough to make sure any of their students understand the given material. But this isn’t all the teachers fault though. Teachers are severely underpaid and sometimes cannot afford needed supplies for the classroom, bringing down the potential their class could have to impact kid’s education. It’s generally known that teachers are underpaid which makes the teaching profession less sought after by working adults. So the criteria needed to become a teacher has been reduced due to not having enough people vying for said profession.
With all the knowledge needed to function in the adult world, the public education system is really underperforming. Kids today may not function as well in society when they grow up due to the “information malnutrition” school has been going through. At least we have Google.
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