Current Connection 1
“To what extent do schools serve the goals of a
true education?” I honestly do not think that they are hitting all the goals of
having a true, concise education.
There is a major difference between education and
knowledge. “Education is referred to as the act or process of imparting or
acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment,
and generally of preparing for mature life.” It seems that the goal of a true
education is for one to obtain knowledge, but teaching random facts and
perceptions of the world decided by a committee with which to teach teenagers
in America is absurd. The goal of knowledge is for someone to have their own
philosophical perception of the world, having their own ideas and having belief
in them.
There is a difference between obtaining knowledge
and obtaining an education. “Rationalism, where knowledge is
obtained through reason and introspection, “empiricism,” where knowledge is obtained through observation and
experiment, and finally by “mysticism,”
where knowledge is revealed through faith, emotion, or revelation .One gains
knowledge through an education. Knowledge is a fact that is learned and
education is the process. So therefore, we strive to acquire knowledge instead
of education. Knowledge is gathered through the education, a process that is
needed to gain more knowledge.
Schools fail to teach students how to actually
apply their “education” in the real world. Education should be taught and
applied to daily lives. “The human race is filled with passion. And medicine,
law, business, engineering, those are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain
life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” Education
happens by experience, by learning to throw a ball, speak, and how to live a
good, happy life. In order to be a success in life is to set goals and achieve
them and I believe that schools aren’t helping students do that.
Also, students do not get the deserved attention
in the classroom as they should receive. “Most private schools havesmall class sizes.” Private schools tend to get a higher education and that has
most to do with individual attention from the teacher to the student. Making
sure the student understands what he or she is learning is the most important
role that the teacher can make sure that they do understand.
To answer my question, personally I think that
schools aren’t reaching the “true” goals of education. They also need to
provide the extra care in teaching them how to apply the subjects that they
teach in class into everyday life and build character. That’s where schools are
failing in making sure we are educated.
