Friday, February 7, 2014

Let's not always blame the education system

I came across with the following comic:

Oh, wahahaha you are judging an elephant and a fish the ability to climb.

First, wait a minute, Is this really an Einstein quote? It may not be. See here.

Is the education system really doing this to kids? Testing ability to read some text for comprehension and do some math problems is not fair? So what kind of system does the author of the comic suggest? I don't know if Einstein ever suggested one.

The education system should attempt to teach something from the tests. After a standard exam such as Iowa, SAT or ACT, solution should be given as well as an analysis of what you did right or wrong so the students learn something. Some amount of testing can be a good thing... a motivation to study things.

Is it really that everybody is a genius? I beg to differ. What do you call Einstein when most other lesser beings don't even have a clue how Newton's laws work? There are some exceptionally smart people we call genius. And there are people who are not as smart... and there are those...who are stupid. I am sure you know some of those.

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