Modern Education and 1800s Assembly line, whats the difference?
A lot of things have changed over the past century or two, cars can go past 10 mph, a single computer doesn't take up a whole room and we no longer have black and white segregation. This all makes sense because how can a society prosper without abandoning the old and less effective ways of doing things and find better ones. So much new technology and health breakthroughs are coming out seemingly everyday and it seems that everything is keeping up with the times, sadly that's wrong because there is something that stands out like an Amish guy at a Apple store. The education system hasn't changed or evolved since it was decided on during the industrial era by a group of corrupt officials and big factory owners, in fact it’s been needing a change for about 120 years. It amazes me how nobody asks themselves, why do I have to ask the teacher to go the bathroom or get a drink? why can a group of complete strangers control my every day? why can they send home hours of work every night and weekend even though i'm already their for 8 hours a day? and why do they tell you it's not mandatory when you’re not allowed to leave and get punished if you do so? This all because every kid in the U.S. is currently being prepared to work a 1800s factory assembly line job. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says, "Our K–12 system largely still adheres to the century-old, industrial-age factory model of education. A century ago, maybe it made sense to adopt seat-time requirements for graduation and pay teachers based on their educational credentials and seniority. Educators were right to fear the large class sizes that prevailed in many schools. But the factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century.” . It isn't a coincidence that we are all put in rows and are given a strict set of rules. They wanted kids to leave the education system ready to follow orders and not question the work they do or expect to be treated like individuals but instead a "class" of workers. Now i'm sure this approach worked fine back in the day but I can't believe we still haven't changed a single thing, we know that no two brains are the same so why teach everyone the same material at the same pace. Why should every kid in the country learn about thermonuclear dynamic equations when less than .01% of students will become a thermonuclear physicist, the reason is is so you would graduate school with no ability to do a real job and without any work experience so that a minimum wage assembly line job would be your only option and job you’ve prepared for. Times are changing but education is not, we need to make changes if we want to start making kids's lived better and end the corruption.
