Life Experience versus School

As my son starts his edu­ca­tion jour­ney, I am start­ing to iden­ti­fy the same issue in the cur­rent pub­lic edu­ca­tion sys­tem that turned me off from school. Instead of speak­ing to the stu­dent, school speaks down to the stu­dent. Instead of being spo­ken down to, ear­ly in life I decid­ed to pur­sue life expe­ri­ence over academics.

I am not say­ing that school is a bad thing, though. I learned the val­ue of edu­ca­tion once I was pay­ing for it. What I am chal­leng­ing is how the cur­rent pub­lic school com­mu­ni­cates with stu­dents. It is catered to edu­cate the mass­es, not the indi­vid­u­al’s need or inter­est. It will be my respon­si­bil­i­ty to fill the gaps and ensure he stays moti­vat­ed dur­ing chal­leng­ing times.

October 11, 2015

Posted in Lifestyle.