problem in school today..?

Question

nowadays, the school didn't produce the thinkers but the followers. why? when? how it become? what the solutions for this problems

Answer 1

I believe there are two reasons for this:

1. Most kids aren't interested in thinking. Following takes a lot less effort than thinking. In fact, that's why people in general don't like to think - it takes effort. Plus, not many people are interested or capable of being "thinkers". Very few people possess the intelligence to think of new ideas and theories and kids are too distracted with other things like entertainment to care. Most kids view academics as boring and the minority of kids that find it interesting are discouraged by peer-pressure (doing well at school is "uncool" and "nerdy").

2. This is exacerbated by the way kids are taught. Kids are not encouraged to question what they are taught. They are taught to just accept it as fact. In science, kids are taught what happens in the physical world but they are not taught WHY it happens. This greatly discourages curiosity, which, in my opinion (and Einstein's as well) is the most important thing in science. The most important question in science is "Why?". This is how scientific theories are developed - scientists ask why a certain phenomenon occurs, and then develop a theory that explains it. But kids are never taught to question, they are simply taught to accept. For most kids school basically consists of these 3 actions:

-Learn the "facts" in class
-Memorise them
-Rewrite them on the exam

No wonder kids find school so boring. This is extremely bad for scientific thought and society in general. Flawed theories and ideas only survive because people never question them. The only way for the human race to advance is for people to question the accepted beliefs of their society. If it weren't for the people who do this, we would still have slavery, racism, feudalism and believe in a flat Earth and geocentrism.

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education" - Albert Einstein

Answer 2

Schools are adopting the Asian style of teaching. Cram facts and figures down as many students as possible. Create a generic worker for the Robber Barons. Even to become a teacher in primary or secondary education you must follow a set curriculum from day one. You must conform, you must not upset the system, don't pis* off the parents..etc. It is small wonder that the "No child left behind" has left all children behind.

Recognize that people are individuals and some people are just slated to be janitors while others have a far greater potential. I was a Materials Manager for quite a few years after being an Electrical Engineer. I had 27 hourly workers and 4 supervisors working for me and I was required to spend most of my time on one problematic supervisor and two problematic workers. My workers and supers that truly excelled were passed over because my manager wanted "no child left behind". Of course the problem people were protected classes and, much like in the schools the entire operation had to slow down to allow them to keep up. I did have a couple of protected class people that excelled to I'm not being racist, just factual.

Until we recognize that all people do not have the same potential then schools will not change. Too much PC.

Answer 3

a thought from the other side of the fence: what you did was reckless and could have gotten you hurt. the fact that you feel badly about it tells me that you have learned a valuable lesson. Maybe posting it here will prevent someone else doing this. you may not realize sometimes that what you say and do can hurt others feelings, and that is something that you have apparently learned, albeit the hard way. For what it's worth to you, thank you for sharing this with us all. From me personally, it's ok to make little mistakes, as long as you learn how to not make the big ones. I made a very large mistake at 14, and because i did, I carried the guilt of it a very long time. It hurt doubly worse since I should have known better, being the butt of jokes and ridicule until well into the 7th grade. I feel for the lady; she could have been having a bad reaction to a medication, or possibly a high or low blood sugar spell. I can't say i would have done better in your place, all things being equal. I can say I feel for her, as I have to take meds to keep depression under control, as well as a few other medical issues. I know that now, being a bit older now, and hopefully a bit wiser. Make your amends as you see fit, but don't beat yourself up over it either. K?

Answer 4

Oh, schools don't produce thinkers on their own. People have to want to think and besides all thinkers need followers. Not everyone can be a thinker. I don't think there should be a solution to this problem. I do think that creativity should and is encouraged for the most part or at least in my experiences.

Answer 5

I agree with most of the above answers, but I also think that the nonsense about not having competition hurts our youth as well. There are schools that are doing away with a lot of the competitive sports and for the younger kids, if they are allowed to play, they don't score the games so there is no winner and no loser. They claim it's so no ones feelings will be hurt, but it takes away the basic life lesson. The world is competitive and if they don't learn it young, they just fall in line and do what the rest of the politically correct minions are doing.

Answer 6

Not that a school would have much to do with contributing to leaders/followers, but just a thought...if there are followers, then there has to be leaders, or thinkers as you put it.

Answer 7

It is because the school, the state, the country don't care about making students think. The only thing they care about is that the students get the right answers on the tests so they can keep getting federal money.

Answer 8

It is because courses have been so watered down, it is not necessary to work or think to get good grades. "No child left behind" has put mediocrity into our schools. Teachers get into trouble if they don't hand our good grades or fail people. It is ridiculous.

Answer 9

One problem is that parents don't nurture their children to think for themselves, but another one is that schools don't tend to be run by leaders. They are more often run by "go-alongers", and "go-alongers" cannot teach leadership to students.

Answer 10

because of modern technollogy, everyone always multitasks so no one uses there brains completely for one thing now. personally i have a hard time doing my homework if there isnt something else going on.
plus everyone just wants to get thru the day and the work, and its faster if you just do it and dont think