I’m a huge advocate of education. I believe it to be the most valuable tool in our pursuit of knowledge, but I also think that it is a tool which has a negative impact on the way we learn. In the U.S. for example, there are a number of education-focused programs that claim to improve our students’ lives by helping them study better (for example, Common Core) or get better at their studies (for example, the ACT).
They’ve all been thoroughly debunked. For the most part, these programs have no real effect on student performance at all. Sure, they can help students score better on tests, but they don’t really change student behavior in any meaningful way.
The problem is that in today’s world, education is not just the number of hours we spend studying. It’s about the way our students learn. We all know that in schools where students learn in classrooms, the kids just arent as engaged in the learning process. In schools where the learning process is on the curriculum, the students are much more engaged and in fact, it usually goes hand in hand with better learning.
I see this problem all the time when I speak to high school teachers. They say that it’s hard to really get the kids interested in school when they’re bored most of the time. That’s because they learn best when they’re doing something that gives them a real challenge and the stakes are high. If we only do our students what we like to do, they wont be engaged in school at all.
I think the best way to show my students that we are serious is to bring in the kids with the most interest in school and the kids who can be interesting and creative. They are all really good and we’re all just getting down to the basics. It’s not just school. It’s social. It’s culture.
Well, I think culture is a bit different, because its not just about school. Its also about being part of the community, which can be a lot more fun. You can make your class the best, most productive, most enthusiastic class in the world and all you need to do is make sure theyre engaged in school.
I think this is where having a strong community is important, because it allows students to get involved with their peers and get to know people that they otherwise wouldn’t. Many students from low socio-economic backgrounds are forced to attend school for free because of school funding issues. When they can’t afford to pay for school and other students are not involved and are left out, there is a tendency for these students to feel that they aren’t part of the community and this makes them feel isolated.
The problem is that when students from such backgrounds go to college they rarely feel that they are part of a community. They are often forced to attend classes in a small, isolated building and are forced to interact with other students that they wouldnt normally interact with. It makes it hard for these students to feel like they are involved in a community.
There is a correlation between education and culture, and it is something that we all need to address. We have the ability to read and write and think and so we get a feeling of community from this knowledge. But to truly feel a sense of community we need to develop a sense of community from other people. We need to feel part of the community because that gives us a reason to go out and contribute to it.
I think most of us will need to make a conscious effort to encourage these people to become more involved in us. I know that in the past, I’ve talked to a couple of people who have been with me on a mission to help other people learn to read and write. They seem to have a lot of ideas about how to improve their community (how to make videos to make money on YouTube, how to make books on Kindle, etc.).