My Educational Experience as a Student
John Holt, the author of an essay “School is Bad for Children” insists that traditional educational style does not provide children an ideal environment to learn, for it oppresses children’s subconscious intellectual curiosity by making them sit quietly in a classroom all day long. He made some suggestions in order to improve it; he asserts abolishing compulsory education and the fixed required curriculum, giving children an opportunity to learn about the world by letting them out of the school, and letting children work together and learn from each other can most likely change the situation. Recalling my learning experience in the past decade—all the way from elementary school to college, I can partially agree with him in terms of letting children be teachers to themselves, providing more …show more content…
Holt states that it once was to prevent adults from exploiting children at farm, mining or factory; however, now in the modernized society, nobody gets a benefit out of it, and it does nothing but keeping children from earning some money, doing useful work and doing their own studying. (Holt 61) However, education entails a role to nurture children to be a part of the society, and a certain degree of education is necessary when making am important decision such as presidential election. Therefore, it is an obligation of each citizen to get an adequate education to prepare him or her to lead the country responsibly in the future. I think at least 9 years of education is vital, for there are enormous amount of things a person needs to learn such as history of the country, fundamental mathematics, political system, chemistry, and so forth. Without a decent amount of knowledge, it is almost impossible to make a proper decision. Therefore, I believe compulsory education is still necessary to sustain a healthy country for a long
John Holt, the author of an essay “School is Bad for Children” insists that traditional educational style does not provide children an ideal environment to learn, for it oppresses children’s subconscious intellectual curiosity by making them sit quietly in a classroom all day long. He made some suggestions in order to improve it; he asserts abolishing compulsory education and the fixed required curriculum, giving children an opportunity to learn about the world by letting them out of the school, and letting children work together and learn from each other can most likely change the situation. Recalling my learning experience in the past decade—all the way from elementary school to college, I can partially agree with him in terms of letting children be teachers to themselves, providing more …show more content…
Holt states that it once was to prevent adults from exploiting children at farm, mining or factory; however, now in the modernized society, nobody gets a benefit out of it, and it does nothing but keeping children from earning some money, doing useful work and doing their own studying. (Holt 61) However, education entails a role to nurture children to be a part of the society, and a certain degree of education is necessary when making am important decision such as presidential election. Therefore, it is an obligation of each citizen to get an adequate education to prepare him or her to lead the country responsibly in the future. I think at least 9 years of education is vital, for there are enormous amount of things a person needs to learn such as history of the country, fundamental mathematics, political system, chemistry, and so forth. Without a decent amount of knowledge, it is almost impossible to make a proper decision. Therefore, I believe compulsory education is still necessary to sustain a healthy country for a long