When
we think of school and children, we know that they are literally the future of
our society. We place a major importance in child development, and for good
reason, however, is the current system the best that it can be or are we simply
polishing an old boat?
Schooling
has been a problem in society for a long time. Wages, pensions, lesson plans
etc. have captivated the conversation. It appears that global schooling has
taken a similar role with a form-factor not unlike those found in the
industrialized world; schools try to punch out work-ready people like an
assembly line.
This
approach ignores the nurturing factor of sustainable development in children.
We foster an individualistic culture through our economic system and encourage
our children to compete with one another instead of guiding them to
collectively ensure each other’s success.
As
with our society as a whole, we disregard the application of any cultural
anthropology in child development,
focusing only on what happens once a child is received into the school system
and ensuring they
The
system of schooling has given us equalized educational material, for this I
give them an A, but with respect to overall child development, it is clear that
our schooling system should take steps into ensuring that appropriate nurturing
of children happens at all stages of growth, including in vitro.
Check
out the 1st chapter of the film Zeitgeist: Moving Forward.
What
is your take on schooling and child development? Does it… make the grade? Or
should schooling focus as early on as birth for strong sustainable development
in children? Would that be too invasive? Or does our society need it?
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