RE: Is Our Education System Teaching Us Anything of Real Value?
This was deep and touched on a lot of issues that I have seen and have had trouble expressing. We are working on sustainable development, focused specifically in a small rural town in Colombia.
We see all the similar educational problems here. Children are forced off of farms, for fear they might be forced to 'work' and actually learn something useful, and often walk for hours to be at the whim of a single 'professor' who may not even have an associates degree.
I see lots of smaller solutions, but we are still looking for a way to put it all together. We do tree planting and other 'meet-ups' with high school students, recycle-art made from salvaged trash, and work on putting up signs with educational and didactic messages, such as 'Don't litter' and labelling of local flora and fauna species.
But we need to work with the family if the next generation is going to have a chance. Education worldwide should be immediately retooled to support entrepreneurism and the essential skills needed to tackle real world problems and apply solutions.
Great post, now following. :)
This is truly outstanding.
Thank you kindly for both the upvote and your very interesting comment @ecoinstant. :c)
This made all the more interesting by placing the issue in the context of your rural Columbia town project.
There exist a variety of important skillsets that students are simply not taught. Entrepreneurship is indeed one of them (and is perhaps why I remain a "non-start") - as is Critical Thinking.
More troubling than either of these omissions however is 'Social Ethics' - or simply 'Ethics'. Fear-based substitutes are what keep many people in line - and it is why a fair number of people cannot be relied upon - they never got the right message during their up-bringing.
I completely agree that involvement of the family shall be paramount for the success of the true education of future generations - and I also feel that your extracurricular activities are very positive. Students should at least have the choice to remain in-touch with their community and environment.
Thank you again. ^_^