Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1000) // Overdone Song Reference

In order to examine the extent to which our schools provide a true education, one must first examine what a “true education” entails. As nothing can be found or explained in its “true” form, it is more convenient to examine a subjective analysis of the term through the eyes of an adolescent.

             Too much talking is done in our schools. The conversation is one-sided, however. Students are (for the most part) taught to remain silent and respectful from a young age. Repression does not respect any party. Though an evolution is underway in the school system, attempting to “open up” students, allowing greater freedom of expression and critical thinking, a surfeit of conversation is in order. Students should be taken outside more often, where learning would primarily be based off of observation and any ensuing natural responses. This type of environment is devoid of the artificial nature of the common classrooms of today.

            Though a certain degree of learning inevitably occurs within the confines of a classroom setting, students should be granted mobility in their studies. This would not limit them to the assigned homework assignments, and would instead allow them to undertake research projects on topics of interest to them. This direct, hands-on approach to learning allows for an inveterate absorption of knowledge.  This mobility should not only be an intellectual one. Students are granted limited physical mobility within classrooms; they are not allowed to use the bathroom without permission, they can not sit wherever they please, and they are not allowed to walk around. An improvement in the aforementioned faulty grounds of education within our schools may pave way for greater reform.