Why is the quantity of education more important to us than the quality?

Question

(A lack of independant thinking )
A previous answerer mentioned we are more advanced now because more people are educated than in the past....
But the quality of education has sliped dramaticaly in recent years, medothology and aproach and organisation and simply just working anything out seems to be missing from education.
I recently took gcse maths at my local college, the percentage of my grade to get a pass was about 30 % from memory, this is a joke!!!
My education im now 26 was discusting compared to the gennerations past say a 45 year olds education, the methods taught to us and the ability to weight qusetions up gather info and come to an inteligent conclusion has slipped.
Why is quantity more important to us as voters than quality?
The loss of Independant thinking is the essence of my question!

Answer 1

this is an excellent question.. OK you have a broad range of more qualified students at school, but if we look at the divisions in school, between those that achieve and those who do not, and look at why that is and the impact on quantity and not quality you will find that over all, some kids are really brilliant at certain subjects but get over whelmed but the pace and huge work load so they end up failing, while those good at memory and passive learning sail through.. If you talk to these bight young things, academically they look impressive, but their ability to problem solve, research and debate are aw full.. I feel that quality is better than quantity, I would rather have my son pass one gcse with good full knowledge and understanding them 5 that he cannot use out side of the class room! Teachers have so much to cram in, their is not time for independent debate - research or the chance to say , yes but sir...Until they go to college, there is no depth in children's knowledge now a days... and yes there is massive loss of independent thinking in education today, like everything else these days.. its processed!

Answer 2

I could scream. I'm 54 and not brilliantly educated as I was brought up in a rough area near Southall / Hounslow. However the teachers were all individuals with skills that allowed them to adjust the way they taught to enable them to get the information over. They were versatile, committed and passionate about getting us educated.

Teachers today have not been particularly well educated. They are trained to repeat verbatim the set information without variance or add lib.

You can train anyone to repeat information but for someone to be able to teach is another matter.

I cringe at the lack of general knowledge, lack of understanding of British history and common sense and lack of very day knowledge my 20 year old nephew has. He has a very good job and qualifications but in my view he is as thick as they come. He can't spell or undertake the simplest mental arithmetic without garbing a calculator or spell check. We were taking about alarm code numbers and I said do not use 1066 or 1945 he said why are these dates important?

My son had difficulty with reading so I taught him to spell the word and sound it out. His school told me I was wrong and he should Learn by flash cards. 15 years later they now say we should learn by sounding out and breaking words down.

Answer 3

Quantity means more certificates hanged on bare walls. What would you prefer, bare wall or plenty of hanging frames?

Answer 4

Maybe YOU should have CORRECTED all your SPELLING errors BEFORE posting your question!

Isn't that Quality vs. Quantity in itself?

YOU gave a Quantity question without providing Quality work!

Answer 5

you hit the nail on the head,i wish we had people like you in our govt.