Nothing really important about life is taught in school. Instead we learn much more facts than we need. And forget them. Children learn to think only in narrow fields, they don’t learn to make the connections needed to invent. No one teaches us how to deal with feelings, emotions and our internal world.
Number one priority for any educational system should be fostering a supportive atmosphere where children care for each other until they grow up and enter free-of-oversight life with an open heart, honest thoughts and an emotionally intelligent mind. Feelings can not be excluded from school. Love/Empathy and Freedom are the building blocks for the good in life. The aspiration for truth, which is the basis for science and education, cannot even be understood if you lack Love or understanding of why Freedom is important.
The entire structure of school should foster empathy and freedom. Freedom means only rules the students agree with. There is no other way if you want decent engagement later.
The world changes and so should what we learn in school: Your Language; English; Mathematics; Logic; Anatomy; Psychology;Economics and entrepreneurship; Productivity and optimal use of your computer; Productivity and optimal use of The Web; A diverse world; Physical education plus spending as much time as possible in nature; Optional Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Geography); Optional Humanities and Arts (History and Culture, Literature, Music, Dance, Theater, Mixed arts); Optional extra sports.
Schools make one wrong assumption about students: they are all already motivated to learn. While in fact creating the conditions for this motivation is their main job. Schools then make another wrong assumption:it needs to be systematic in order to be effective. In fact systematic things tend to be boring, the motivation is gone. The teacher has to focus on the students and be effective. When we accept mediocre educational systems, we accep it for the whole world, for life.
We just need to throw away our current education system. Not reform it. Destroy school as it is and rebuild it from the ground up. In the new system, the student and their happiness and motivation will be the priority. The student should be in charge and be mentally and emotionally supported.
