What’s wrong with schools
By Monica Chen Schools have become so bad in the past decade that some fundamental things need to be said: The point of schools is to teach, to impart knowledge, to provide a space and the support for kids to learn and to be curious, to imagine. Schools and teachers currently are controlling and abusive when they should be nurturing and open. Teachers are there for the kids, not the other way around. I cannot believe these things have to be said, that these basic parameters for good and bad when it comes to the educational system have to be recognized. It should be about kids. Teachers have horrifyingly, willfully made it about themselves. Here are some negative changes that I have noticed with schools in the past decade. Unfortunately, I have not seen anything positive: 1. Politics in every part of the educational system, even in math workbooks. Harder to identify than Critical Race Theory but it is obvious. There is no room for imagination and learning. Students are made to swallow a ton of …
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