What is school for?

July 16th Friday





which i found interesting and want to share the same with our user. He is one of the notable celebrity in the online world. Find his writing about “What is school for?” below.
Seems like a simple question, but given how much time and money we spend on it, it has a wide range of answers, many unexplored, some contradictory. I have a few thoughts about education, how we use it to market ourselves and compete, and I realized that without a common place to start, it’s hard to figure out what to do.
1. Become an informed citizen2. Be able to read for pleasure3. Be trained in the rudimentary skills necessary for employment4. Do well on standardized tests5. Homogenize society, at least a bit6. Pasteurize out the dangerous ideas7. Give kids something to do while parents work8. Teach future citizens how to conform9. Teach future consumers how to desire10. Build a social fabric11. Create leaders who help us compete on a world stage12. Generate future scientists who will advance medicine and technology13. Learn for the sake of learning14. Help people become interesting and productive15. Defang the proletariat16. Establish a floor below which a typical person is unlikely to fall17. Find and celebrate prodigies, geniuses and the gifted18. Make sure kids learn to exercise, eat right and avoid common health problems19. Teach future citizens to obey authority20. Teach future employees to do the same21. Increase appreciation for art and culture22. Teach creativity and problem solving23. Minimize public spelling mistakes24. Increase emotional intelligence25. Decrease crime by teaching civics and ethics26. Increase understanding of a life well lived27. Make sure the sports teams have enough players
If you have the email address of the school board or principals, perhaps you’ll forward this list to them (and I hope you are in communication with them regardless, since it’s a big chunk of your future and your taxes!). Should make an interesting starting point for a discussion.