Monday, February 1, 2010

Leave no child behind

When they say that we must leave no child behind in education the focus is on grades. On the other hand if the focus was on learning then no child will be left behind. Ideally every child must go to a school to explore, explore everything math, science, arts, commerce, etc. and try to learn the best he/she can. There are no hierarchies in subjects except temperament. In real life a politician is more important than a scientist but you never think of becoming one as a child. If you become a politician after graduating with a math degree and was unhappy, then its a lot better if you had learned literature and enjoyed it.

Judging students by grades is impractical and education systems are increasingly filled with a certain kind of people who feel no joy in anything they do except compete with others. There are some numbers they expect to be rewarded with as life goes on. The goal of every person in this world should be to be happy and make others happy. Learning is not punishing but in the current graded system it seems so. In learning there is no failing only attempting. In education systems teachers must record what happened to a child's attempt at a subject rather than failing them because they did not get all the tricky questions of some quiz.

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