And each child is imbued with the innate gift to be curious and creative. These two things drive innovation and learning, a child who is curious will often stop at nothing until their curiosity is satisfied. A child who is creative will express themselves in ways they enjoy and love. The curiosity of exploring space and innovating technologies to achieve tasks never achieved before is rarely brought upon by endless hours of science and math homework. The beauty of an architectural masterpiece and the unique rhythm of a dance cannot be inspired by learning the same four musical notes for a test. To embrace these qualities of children is to embrace the fact that a system made of different shapes that all move quite differently from each other can still function just like clockwork. Still, the government education boards and leaders are determined that if every boy and girl can behave like nice little gears the system will work like clockwork. To achieve this, many schools have adopted “common core” and heaps of standardized testing. In the hopes that each student will have an equal knowledge base and his or hers classmate. This of course will lead to more graduates, however that education board is willing to cut into the unique shapes of children's curiosity and creativity to produce the results they want. A human's curiosity and creativity are their own, they inspire and they produce more talent and human achievements than rigorous testing ever will. The choice to cut down that human quality in education has led to disasters even greater than the loss of human nature in education. It has led to unbelievable drop out rates and the consequences that follow those who drop out. If teachers and educators do not embrace the notion that each child has their own shape and moves, learns, and expresses differently from their classmates. The downward trend of our education may never be fixed. A child who fantasizes about flying through the void of space in a spaceship is bound to be more interested in learning of space travel and the science behind it. Another child who expresses their thoughts and emotions into a beautiful
And each child is imbued with the innate gift to be curious and creative. These two things drive innovation and learning, a child who is curious will often stop at nothing until their curiosity is satisfied. A child who is creative will express themselves in ways they enjoy and love. The curiosity of exploring space and innovating technologies to achieve tasks never achieved before is rarely brought upon by endless hours of science and math homework. The beauty of an architectural masterpiece and the unique rhythm of a dance cannot be inspired by learning the same four musical notes for a test. To embrace these qualities of children is to embrace the fact that a system made of different shapes that all move quite differently from each other can still function just like clockwork. Still, the government education boards and leaders are determined that if every boy and girl can behave like nice little gears the system will work like clockwork. To achieve this, many schools have adopted “common core” and heaps of standardized testing. In the hopes that each student will have an equal knowledge base and his or hers classmate. This of course will lead to more graduates, however that education board is willing to cut into the unique shapes of children's curiosity and creativity to produce the results they want. A human's curiosity and creativity are their own, they inspire and they produce more talent and human achievements than rigorous testing ever will. The choice to cut down that human quality in education has led to disasters even greater than the loss of human nature in education. It has led to unbelievable drop out rates and the consequences that follow those who drop out. If teachers and educators do not embrace the notion that each child has their own shape and moves, learns, and expresses differently from their classmates. The downward trend of our education may never be fixed. A child who fantasizes about flying through the void of space in a spaceship is bound to be more interested in learning of space travel and the science behind it. Another child who expresses their thoughts and emotions into a beautiful