“Chemistry’s the one with the shapes and stuff right?” Channing Tatum asks Jonah Hill in the movie 21 Jump Street. Obviously Channing Tatum was exaggerating in the movie to be funny, but education is not something to joke about. If education was merely a hobby for those who are interested in it, the world would definitely not be where it is today. Society flourishes the most when everyone works collectively to get better. Social responsibility is the idea that everyone acts out of obligation to perform their duties and actions in order to benefit society as a whole. Similar to a corporate organization, or any large organization like the army, people should learn to work together and have a sense of duty. An example of social responsibility
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Feynman understands this concept. In high school, and maybe even some colleges many teachers will teach to the test. Getting good grades will get someone into a good college, and graduating from a good college will get someone a good job, right. Possibly, but what happens when someone gets to a job where they have to apply the quantum physics equation they learned in school and all they know is the equation. They do not know how to apply the equation in different situations or manipulate it in any circumstances. Feynman agrees exclaiming, “Finally, I said that I couldn’t see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but no one knows anything” (59). Feynman is not trying to say that the people in these schools are not intelligent, but instead is trying to make them understand that the way they approach education sets them up for failure. Bottom line: teaching to the test does not benefit students and hence does not benefit society in the long run.
Feynman’s discussion connects to social responsibility because as a society, countries need to hold each other accountable and understand that in order to benefit society, people need to actually learn in school. Again, a global community is the goal in social responsibility and this entails everyone acting in ways to better themselves in order to better society. Feynman’s argument uncovers some conversations that people should be
Feynman understands this concept. In high school, and maybe even some colleges many teachers will teach to the test. Getting good grades will get someone into a good college, and graduating from a good college will get someone a good job, right. Possibly, but what happens when someone gets to a job where they have to apply the quantum physics equation they learned in school and all they know is the equation. They do not know how to apply the equation in different situations or manipulate it in any circumstances. Feynman agrees exclaiming, “Finally, I said that I couldn’t see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but no one knows anything” (59). Feynman is not trying to say that the people in these schools are not intelligent, but instead is trying to make them understand that the way they approach education sets them up for failure. Bottom line: teaching to the test does not benefit students and hence does not benefit society in the long run.
Feynman’s discussion connects to social responsibility because as a society, countries need to hold each other accountable and understand that in order to benefit society, people need to actually learn in school. Again, a global community is the goal in social responsibility and this entails everyone acting in ways to better themselves in order to better society. Feynman’s argument uncovers some conversations that people should be