Globalization is here to stay whether we like it or not. Our world constantly changes, constantly reinvents itself. It does not wait for anyone. If we want to stay on track, we have to keep up with the times. Our view of the world is not the same today as it was 10 years ago. Everything has to be in context of the present situation.
Schools are often guilty of not changing their lesson plans, imposing on their students seemingly irrelevant information. After all, how will it benefit our lives if we knew when a certain emperor decides to behead his unfaithful wife? Facts are not going to teach us anything if they cannot be used in everyday life. What we need is a transformation of the current education system. At the very least, the way we treat the information today’s education system gives us.
Professor Howard Gardner mentions that “much of our education has to be self-education” and I could not agree more. Gone are the days when students have to be spoon-fed, only to realize that they are not equipped with enough practical skills to get them through life. The things taught to them are merely the basic foundations that will help them with future endeavors. It is really up to the students to make sense out of the knowledge they have, to to mold themselves into the persons they want to become in relation to others.
If anything, we should learn to have a goal in which everything we do is directed towards achieving it. Mistakes are inevitable in the process but it is only through acknowledging them that we become better individuals. Of course, it would be better to aspire for long-term goals because they imbibe in us the discipline needed to carry on. We learn to be responsible for our own actions.
Schools are often guilty of not changing their lesson plans, imposing on their students seemingly irrelevant information. After all, how will it benefit our lives if we knew when a certain emperor decides to behead his unfaithful wife? Facts are not going to teach us anything if they cannot be used in everyday life. What we need is a transformation of the current education system. At the very least, the way we treat the information today’s education system gives us.
Professor Howard Gardner mentions that “much of our education has to be self-education” and I could not agree more. Gone are the days when students have to be spoon-fed, only to realize that they are not equipped with enough practical skills to get them through life. The things taught to them are merely the basic foundations that will help them with future endeavors. It is really up to the students to make sense out of the knowledge they have, to to mold themselves into the persons they want to become in relation to others.
If anything, we should learn to have a goal in which everything we do is directed towards achieving it. Mistakes are inevitable in the process but it is only through acknowledging them that we become better individuals. Of course, it would be better to aspire for long-term goals because they imbibe in us the discipline needed to carry on. We learn to be responsible for our own actions.
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