The topic that I chose was school really that is necessary for our future or is it a waste
of our time. There’s the pros and cons of going to school and not going to school. I
believe that going to school is just teaching kids to work like factory workers because
we are only taught to memorize and execute just like the factory workers back then.
While we are in school, the whole school teaching feels completely wrong to me
because we are judged by some letter grades, while out in the real world we are judged
by the effort and how well we do it. The pros of going to school is that you can
understand what some are talking about if it's related to school and you are able to gain
knowledge from it. But the cons of going to school is that they don’t teach you what you
really need to know for out in the real world. After that there are people who feel that
school is a waste of time and argue that there is a big difference between education and
school, that school is merely a formal system or process that doesn’t actually offer
everything that education entails. They believe that schools only expose students to
certain select views and ideas, and fail to provide the entire picture of all perspectives
that are out there.
Those people who are against the traditional school system often believe that the
parents can teach their children those exact same things in a shorter's time and they
won’t have to worry about being graded just because they don’t understand something.
During school, it's been tested that tests stress students out for no good reason, and
that it defeats the purpose of learning and really enjoying the process. Testing students
in school takes away from the genuine pleasure of learning for ourselves, and makes it
into one big race. Another argument as to why school is a waste of time is that it
measures success on such a structured and rigid method. The fact that everything in
school is based on tests and grades gives this false belief that if you aren’t a successful
student, then you are a failure. This can be dangerous for children’s self esteem,
causing them to believe that they aren’t good enough, and ignoring all of their many
other potential talents that haven’t had the chance to be explored and released in a
classroom setting.
Then there those in favor of traditional schooling believe that it’s a place that teaches
you basic, necessary skills for life. They also believe that education provides opportunity
and better choices in the long run for people to decide what they want to do in their
careers. Those who haven’t finished school often close doors for themselves in the
future. While in school, there are many people that see it as a vital place for social
development, making friends, establishing connections and learning social skills that are
needed to be successful later in life. Not only do they argue that school provides training
for social skills, but also for a variety of skills that are important for our adult lives that
can’t be found elsewhere, such as critical thinking, working in a team, time
management, and how to concentrate for several hours at a time. School is seen by
many as a chance for children to explore a variety of subjects in order to understand
what they are interested in, and what kind of path they want to pursue in their futures.
Schools Perhaps it could be done better and more efficiently. Schools could, for
example, have more goal-oriented programs that are less time consuming. School days
are too long for many students, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that school should be
taken away completely. School hours could perhaps be shortened in order to be more
effective, and allow children to have more time to focus on what they are truly interested
in and learn in a variety of different ways. Students could be provided with more
opportunities within the school system to get more hands-on life experience with
different concrete programs implemented. Parents too can try to be more involved in
their children’s schooling, making sure that they are getting the most possible out of
school. If a child already knows the direction they wish to take and what they are
interested in, parents can consider putting their child in a specialized school with a more
specific focus. Basic schooling is required for higher education, which provides more
career opportunities and opens more doors. But again, this is entirely dependent on
what you want to do later on in life, and what other kinds of educational opportunities
you have open to you.