"The Irony of Education"Why is it that in North America we (as a society) seem to take education for granted? In other countries students will take any opportunity they can get to improve themselves. In our society, educators sometimes have to take extreme measures to perform their function.
Maybe it is that we can tend to underestimate the potential that we can receive from our education system. What we (the learners) have a problem with is the idea of where we can actually use the information that we are getting from it. We do not understand where to use it and surely do not know how to make it right, for some of the students out there. That's the problem right there, do students really care about the education? Not always, kids just try to breeze through with that one thought "Oh, who cares if I failed this class? I won't need this for anytime in the future." That's one of the weaknesses to the student's mind, If they can't get something in the first try, they just give up.
Another source of problem can rest within the teacher. Not all teachers are bad, but within a random flock of teachers, there can be a defective one. The 'defective' teacher does not really care what it is that the student does or doesn't do, why not? Maybe the teacher gave up on them or maybe they just really don't want kids to succeed. The defective teacher's side of the story is never told, but in general, would it really matter? Probably not, take this into consideration but don't judge teachers by the way they teach, they just go by different forms of approach. If you happen to have a bad teacher, switch to a similar class to a teacher who is willing to help you out.
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