Over the past 53 years teaching style hasn’t changed. Dr. Canada says in his Ted Talk “Technology has changed, but education hasn’t.” Teachers are still teaching us how to do map graphs and teaching us to know that a certain curve is called a bell curve. As we get older we need to know how to do taxes, buy a house, and make a savings account. If we had this many college graduates wouldn’t be living with their parents and or getting help from their parents. How do teachers think that what they are teaching us will be valuable later on in life?
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The style of teaching also needs to change. Kids don’t all learn from the teacher ranting off facts we need to memorize. Kids like me, for example, need more hands-on activities. Most teachers have the mentality that “one size fits all, if you get it, you get it, if you don’t, you don’t.” Dr. Canada stated in his speech. Another underlying fact is inner-city schools and poor kids don’t get the same education as wealthier students do. Dr. Canda made this one of his main topics because he grew up and went to school in the inner city.
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A bigger statement should be that this generation is the future so if they don’t teach us the essentials what is the future going to look like? From personal experience, everyone is reliant on phones and technology. How are we supposed to better the future? I need to know how to make a living for myself. I don’t need to know how to graph a line and solve logs. I understand we need to have a foundation for college and future jobs. Looking at the whole picture, what’s really more important. Learning Shakespear and analyzing what he was thinking when he wrote it, or know how to be stable for the future?
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According to Sir Ken Robinson, “every country on earth, at the moment is reforming public education.” There are two reasons. One being Economic, how do we educate our children to take their place in the 21st century. The second being Cultural, how do we educate our children to have a sense of identity. Sal Khan said in his speech “Lecture, homework, Lecture, homework, Lecture, homework, and that will go on for two weeks and then a test. Someone will get 75%, 90%, and 90% and the class moves on.” What about the percentage that the students got wrong? Teachers move on and the next year when we have to apply this to something else we feel like we are dumb and can’t do it. It is very rare for a student to get 100% on a test. Why don’t teachers spend time making sure students get what they are being taught?
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Works Cited
"Changing education paradigms." TED, uploaded by Sir Ken, Oct. 2010, www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
Cherry, Kendra. "What Do Do If You Fail Psychology." Very well mind, 16 Sept. 2019, www.verywellmind.com/failing-psychology-2794786. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
John, Andrew. "Education advocate Emma Fraser Pendleton says top teachers avoid inner-city schools." Metro, 20 Aug. 2011, www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/education_advocate_emma_fraser.html. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
Kiema, Kinjo. "As Schools Lift Bans on Cell Phones, Educators Weigh Pros and Cons." neaToday, 23 Feb. 2015, neatoday.org/2015/02/23/school-cell-phone-bans-end-educators-weigh-pros-cons/. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
"Let's teach for mastery- not test scores." TED, uploaded by Sal Khan, Nov. 2015, www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019
"Our failing schools. Enough is enough!" TED, uploaded by Geoffrey Canada, May 2013, www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_canada_our_failing_schools_enough_is_enough. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
