I have been giving some thought through observation of the human species and how they educate their offspring and how they turn such instruction over to those they believe have their best interests at heart. This of course prove to be the canard of human existence.
In a World contrived and build on the hierarchy of individuals and individuality; one thing escapes most people, while education and its availability are supposedly for all to partake, the truth is far from evident. Who is educating your children and how are they establishing such equality of instruction that is non-evidenced in the resulting graduation of more and more illiterate young people trolling the streets and avenues of every country of the World.
The decided outcome of today's "dumb-down" attitude to education, blames the children for not wanting to learn, while the administrations remove the exciting and progressively positive attributes to schooling. Though "Apprenticeship" is decidedly the best form of education and nepotism is a renowned form of passing on one's knowledge to one's offspring; some occupations frown on children being part of the every delivery of service or labour.
Societies around the World disapprove of one form of education or another, but in truth; all societies disapprove of equal education taught equally to all children. With age limits imposed on the beginning of their "Dumb-down" ideology of education; one finds many unworthy of education sliding through with ease, while those who desire to learn and absorb knowledge as sponges do water, are ignored for racial, ethnic or financial biases.
The species relies on the formation of classes; upper, middle and lower; with each have education dispersed and parsed according to the above criterion and biases. The best schools are in the best neighbourhood, while the lower class schools are found lodged in ghettoes the world over. a student subject has to be exceptional in their endeavours to be propelled beyond the boundaries of established by society and the individual is rewarded for their prowess.
If every child had equal opportunity as they claim to learn an equal curriculum established in a World-wide pattern, there would be an increase in the number of so-called exceptional students. Prejudice, petty jealousies and biases are human traits, unabashed and vividly evident in every corner of the circling globe. If you want smarter students , you need to start with a smarter system and curriculum and teachers willing to put aside their personal biases, prejudices to teach children; not based on who they are, but that they are.
If the species wants equality in their citizenry, they must first share in the education of their offspring in like manner. One cannot say that all students are equal if one is unwilling to teach all students equal curriculums in equal systems with equal verve and equal dedication. The fault is not in the teacher or the teaching, but in the administration and the administrators who decide what is taught, how it is taught and who it is taught to.
As a conscientious parents wanting the best for your children; perhaps you should begin with the manner and means by which your children's education is administered. Education is not a privilege it is a rite of passage for all children in their struggle to become the adults all want them to be.
© copyright R Anthony H. Rock
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