Recently, I was watching a video on YouTube in which the well known, David Icke was speaking about a number of sujects that resonated with me very much. One of the things he mentioned was education, and how things really are regarding it. In this blogpost I'm going to talk about some of the things he said and state my own opinion in amongst them.
Education. What comes to mind when you hear that word? Teachers? Books? Learning? Blackboards and pens? Principals and horrible cafeteria food? That's all very well, but what are all those things really? They are camoflauge to hide the bare facts of what education truly is. Effectively, when you come of age, you are sent to school in which you learn how to read, write, play and socialise. This continues, but as you grow older and move onto harder work and less play, education is nothing more than a competition and mind control.
Students are fed information over and over again. They're repetitively taught the same information until it's grounded in the logical side of their brain (left side). When exam time rolls around, students are expected to regurgitate the information from the left side of their brains that they've spent months learning onto an exam paper. An throughout this whole process, the children are not taught to think and question this information while using the creative side of the brain to come to their own opinion about it. Really, education is saying, "Don't question, just regurgitate the information!"
I now want to address the competitive side of education. Because I myself attend school, I am a witness to this very nature that education presents. All through your school life you're encouraged to be the best, get the best marks, climb higher up the ladder and don't stop for anything or anyone. It's cold, hard competition that is staring us in the face but is camoflauged. Any why be the best? Well, so you can get a good job that earns you money so you can buy nice things. And then you try to climb up the ladder in your work life too, so you can be the best and achieve. All to gain what? What can you possibly gain that's worth something from doing so?
I want to say something about education. It's unfortunate that our modern education systems can't be better. I'm not really sure how people can change this. I believe that knowledge is power, and education gives you access to knowledge. Education is supposed to open your mind to the possibilities that life has to offer you.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone is deliberately lying to kids, they just fit into a system and they're comfortable where they are, even if they're not as happy as they could be. And the thing about teaching is it really is a great job, because of the constant energy and excitement of youth all around. So it sort of masks the fact that the students aren't pushing themselves. Even for the teachers, school turns into a kind of club, or a social organization to belong to. And maybe that's okay. Maybe that's all school should aspire to be, and stop pretending to be all about learning facts and figures.
I've seen a few lists put together by various people on what they considered "essential knowledge for a high school graduate". I wish I knew the answer to what kids should know by the time they leave high school. Personally, even after four years of university-level education, I feel like I've learned nothing of value. I still feel completely ignorant about things you really are supposed to know.