Why I Hate the Education System: A Student Speaks OutThis article was posted on my DS's school Facebook page today. It features the thoughts of a gifted child who has slugged through the system, and is now close to the end of her time there. On this forum, the article is probably preaching to the choir. But I thought I'd share, just for the sake of confirmation bias
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Schools need to stop trying to manufacturing doctors and accountants and lawyers. More than foot specialists and chartered accountants and corporate litigators, the world needs global thinkers and problem solvers. Schools train students to look for the generic �right� answers to problems. They�re so focused on ticking off a checklist drawn from the curriculum guideline, that they seem to forget that the world doesn�t work to a syllabus.