Education is a tricky
subject to debate. Some would say that education is unfair to certain students
who do not learn as quickly as others, and some would say that there are only
minor flaws in the system but that it is working well for the time being. I do
not believe that there are monumental flaws with the education system today.
However, I do believe that people need to find something wrong with systems
whenever they do not adequately fulfill their needs. The education system does
have flaws because we are human and mistakes are made by everyone. But, no
system is perfect and we can better it by supporting the path of success in
education for the students involved.
Support
from family members and teachers is something that the education system must
have in order for the children to want to be involved. The child must also want
the education but I find it close to impossible if they do not have a teacher
or guardian supplying them with the materials necessary to learn. For example,
parents pay the education fees to send their children to school and the
teachers believe that the students are capable of learning the material. Both
are playing key roles in leading the child down the path of success; the path
to achieving the American dream of today.
However,
the support must not stop at these basic steps. The students must have the
proper psychological support as well. Many studies have proven that if a child has
a bad relationship at home then that will lead to developing more bad
relationships outside of the home. One study that proved this would be Erik
Erikson's Psychosocial theory. In his model he compares how parents treat their
children and how the children respond in habits afterwards. One of his stages
in the model is Initiative versus Guilt. This stage is during the preschool
years for toddlers and is centered around the exploration and discovery during
play in the classroom. This is helping the child to establish purpose and
direction in interacting with others. But, if the experience is
unpleasant or is lacking entirely than the child will learn to be ruthless
and/or inhibited to learn the right purpose and direction of the action of
interacting with others.
Therefore,
children who do not get the proper respect and care from their guardians will
expect that same reaction in other environments, school being one of them.
Support at home is important to a child developing the skills necessary to
interacting at school with other students and teachers. The relationships at
home must be supportive and respectable for children to be successful in
relationships which will help further their education and lead them toward the
path of success.
The
main point of all of this is to get the point across that the education system
is not perfect. But, if we can help support more students in other ways outside
of school than the system will be that much closer to perfection. The
relationships outside of school are the places we should start working on in
order to get the students into the right mindset to achieve in class.
Very good insight about the education system. It is true that people who do not get the right environment outside of school will not get their mind set to learn and put in effort. That is why many who live in bad neighborhoods do not achieve great things. Only a very small number of them do and it shows in their neighborhood schools. Fights break out every day, many get pregnant and become parents at an early age, drop out rate is very high, nothing seems to go right. They have to worry about surviving most of the time and keeping out of trouble. That is why people who live in suburbs do relatively better since they have less to worry about. But education system is not always going to be perfect but it sure can be bettered.
ReplyDeleteAll of this seems to be correct, but there is also the reverse. There are children out there who live in terrible homes and have had terrible lives, but they succeed in the classroom and in school because that is important to them. And there are also kids who have every resource possible to get a 4.0 GPA and be active in their school and they don't because they get everything handed to them. Children need to learn at a young age that education should be number one priority in your life and your hand isn't going to be held throughout it all, but what you decide to do with it is on you. But to your point that we need to support our education system.. I agree.
ReplyDeleteI think we also should support the education system. I think teachers play a big role in trying to encourage kids to succeed in school and further their education. If parents aren't encouraging kids and teachers don't care, it would make it very difficult for kids to see that education is so important and that it needs to be a priority. I believe that kids can make education a priority without encouragement but i think it would be very hard for them and only occur in rare situations.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of increasing support outside of the classroom, it's largely what my essay is on. Extracurricular activities are not stressed enough. Parents and teachers both just tell kids, "Do what you want. You don't have to do (x) if you don't want to." The students are not informed of the social benefits of doing out of school activities, or financial benefits like scholarships from them. I know this was my experience, no one told me what I could get out of those activities so I just had the attitude "Why waste my freetime? I can sit at home and have fun on my own." Now I feel behind socially and am struggling to work with just a couple scholarships.
ReplyDeleteI agree that education system is not perfect. It really can never be perfect. Because with all the difference in opinions and learning styles someone is bound to hate/love the system. There is no way to satisfy every person's needs in one system. I also agree that the support at home is crucial for success in school. Just because the parents bought their child school supplies, doesn't mean they can just send them off and expect to play no part in the success of the child's education. The child needs the parents' support just as much as they need the teacher's knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThe education system is flawed ,but it has improved over the past decade. The support from a students parents is there for them ,but some students who don't have a good home life have one teacher who can make their lives easier. Just because a student has support doesn't mean they will succeed if they don't want to put forth the effort. The other side of not having support at home students can have an out by going to school and making sure they don't have the life they did at home. This is where the education system can be good by providing the student with a teacher who will help them succeed.
ReplyDeleteI think that you have a good way of thinking about the education system. I too feel that kids need to have more outside encouragement and involvement in order to succeed not only in school but also to help learn who they are as a person. I think that a vast amount of people dont know where their true strengths and weaknesses are, thus getting involved in a career or go towards a degree that they end up questioning later in life. Some say that they hate science or math or any other subject, but maybe it is just because of the way that a teacher taught the class or gave the message. That person may not have grasped the concept therefore giving the image of "hating it" and thus giving up or not putting their best foot forward in motivating themselves to do better in their life.
ReplyDeleteThe education system is flawed because, like you stated, nothing is perfect. The system does need more support from teachers and parents. There needs to be more influence on students, to want to do better and for them to see that there will be a much better outcome in their lives with education. Too many people are giving up on education, which is only negative for the student. Without someone pushing them at school and at home, it seems to the child/student that there is no purpose.
ReplyDeleteI think having support from your family is a very important role of succeeding in your education. It allows time to be blocked to do your homework, to take your library or to I help you on a question you may have. Parent and teacher motivation are very important in a child success. A child must have a push to increase their drive to do good in not only school but to have a promising future.
ReplyDeleteI agree support from others is very important for children. If you have no motivation to do something the chances are it won't get done. And Jake brings up a very good point in saying that some children don't have good homes or parents who care to see their child excel and more often than not these are the children struggling because they don't understand the importance of an education
ReplyDeleteI believe that kids that come from terrible backgrounds or bad lives are usually the ones that succeed a lot more. There are a lot of stories or instances where a person coming from the bottom of the bottom and reaching stardom. It sounds unlikely but i believe these are the kids that want to change their lives for the better. Some kids that come from rich families just take everything for granted, because everything is handed down to them from their rich mommies and daddies. As long as the kid wants to make his life better, i'm sure he/she will find ways to exceed in the classroom. It might not happen while they are in grade school, but come time for junior high and high school the ones that want to have a better life will work harder than the ones who don't.
ReplyDeleteI also think that support from your parents is a big factor in if a child does well in school or not. However, I also agree with bre there are some kids that have horrible home lives and they become very successful because they want to prove that they can do well in school and be better than their family. There are also kids who do poorly in school because their parents pay for everything. I know kids now who just party and don't go to class because their parents pay for their schooling. I just think that the kids need good influences that support them no matter what.
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