Schools have changed a lot over the past 100 years, but they still feel the same in a lot of aspects. Chalkboards and textbooks have been replaced with whiteboards and technology. There is no more segregation or harsh punishment, but when it comes to learning in the United States, what has changed? Technology has made learning more efficient and easier to find more information, but other than technology, what else? When I looked up how the school system has changed in the past 100 years, there was not much to go off.
What we know was the first school was opened in 1635 in what is now Boston, Massachusetts. Before the 1800s, school was mainly for the wealthy, but in 1865 most states started opening schools. During these times, schools had winter and summer sections. Having school from September to May started in the 1900s. Back then, teachers also had many grade levels in one classroom. Their primary way to teach was lecturing and students remembered. Teachers also focused on the three R’s, reading, “riting,” and “rithmatics.” We also know that schools were made to resemble an assembly line or a factory. I mean that students are in one class for 45 minutes and then shipped off to the next. This is also how we do grades.
I personally do not see very much change in the school system over the years. School is still set up like an assembly line, and we remember something just to forget it after the test. If we compare a car or phone to 100 years ago, they have made massive improvements, but I do not see the same school system improvements. I think we get taught to think like computers, which will not help us after high school, considering we already have computers and robots doing the jobs that humans use to do. I think we need to be taught more individualized. People who are “dumb” are not actually dumb, everyone learns differently, but we are all taught the same way in school. Finland is 17.5 percentage points higher than the United States, and 66% of students go on to higher education. This is because they spend less time at school and have more individualized learning. The principal of 24 years says, “If you only measure the statistics, you miss the human aspect.”
Just remember students are 20 percent of our population but 100 percent of our future.
Do you think the school system should be changed?
If yes, how should the school system be changed?
What do you think about the last 2 quotes in the writing?
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Awesome, awesome job Abbie! Love the topic and great job with your summary and replying back to people!
I feel like the way we are taught in schools doesn't really benefit us for the future. Like you said, we are taught to memorize content for tests, and then most students forget what they learned afterwards. I wish we were taught things in school that are universally important for eveyone, like how to do taxes. The stuff we learn in school is important, but it's not going to apply to everyone's future,
I strongly feel that the system in which schools teach criteria to their students needs to change. I agree that we are simply taught to memorize information for an exam rather than really learn and understand the material. I think we need to have a more relaxed grading system that allows students to not worry about grades and simply focus on learning. I think the quotes hold a lot of truth and need to be brought into account.
I do think the school system should be changed. Schools need to be more modernized to fit the needs of the 21st century. They should be more focused on preparing us for life in the future rather than wasting our time with stuff we'll forget in a month. I agree with the statistics quote because the education system is more worried about grades and numbers that they don't really look at a human perspective.
I agree with you, the education system is more focused on how our overall test exams come out, they don't really look at the human behind the number. I also think that the schools should be more modernized to fit the 21st century in order to make us more prepared for the future.
I think it is a good idea for each school to decide how there system is run. For example a small school like ours compared to a bigger one in Des Moines might not be run the same way because of how many more students they have and a variety of other things. I think it would make sense for each school to have a different system.
I agree with you that the scool system has not really changed a whole lot over the years. Although now we have many different classrooms and there is diffrent technolgy we still learn in the same way. Like we learn the unit, study, take the test, and then forget we dont really really reatin any of the information that we learn.
I agree with you Stephanie, the school system has had the same structure since the beginning in my opinion. We learn, study, then test on the subject. I would like the box to be broken, mix things up a little bit. I think that no progress has been made in the world without someone thinking outside the box.
I do think the school sytem can be changed. I think teachers are not treating students like humans anymore, I think students would appriciate it if we got treated like real people with feelings and lives outside of school too. I think teachers forget that we have other things to do after school like work, and see friends and family, not just homework.
I also think that teachers forget we have other lives outside of school. Most high school students have a job, spend time with friends, and have to spend time with family. Not to mention different chores kids might have. It is hard to balance it all with getting good grades.
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