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Albert Einstein once said Everyone's a genius.
But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing, that it is stupid.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury 陪审团, today on trial we have modern day schooling.
Glad you could come. Not only does it make fish climb trees, but also makes them climb down . And do a ten-mile run.
Tell me, school, are you proud of the things you've done?Turning millions of people into robots, Do you find that fun?
Do you realize how many kids were like to that fish swimming up-streaming逆游 in class , never finding their gifts, thinking they're stupid, believing they are useless?
Well the time has come; no more excuses. I call school to the stand and accuse him of killing creativity, individuality and being intellectually abusive. He’s an ancient institution that has outlived his usage.
So, your honor, this concludes my open statement and if I may present the opening of my case, I will prove it.
Proceed.
Exhibit A: here's a modern day phone, recognize it?
Here's a phone from 150 years ago. Big difference, right?
Stay with me.
Here's a car from today and here's a car from 150 years ago.
Big difference right?
Well get this: here's a classroom of today and here's a classroom we used 150 years ago.
No ain't that a shame.
In literary more than a century, nothing has changed.
Yet you claim to prepare students for the future.
But with evidence like that I must ask: do you prepare students for the future, or the past?
I did a background check on you and let the records show that you were made to train people to work in factories, which explains why you put students in straight rows nice and neat.
tell them: sit still, raise your hand if you want to speak, give them a short break to eat, and for eight hours a day tell them what to think.
Oh, and make them compete to get an "A", a letter which determines product quality hence grade A of meat.
I get it, back then times were different.
We all have a past; I myself had no Goodie
But today, we don't need to make robot zombies 行尸走肉
The world had progressed, and now we need people who think creatively, innovatively 革新地, critically, interdependently 相互依赖的, with the ability to connect.
See every scientist will tell you that, no two brains are the same.
And every parents with two or more children will confirm that claim.
So please explain why you treat students like cookie-cutter frames
or snapback hats,
Given them this one-side fissure crap?
Watch your language!
Sorry, your honor.
But if a doctor prescribed the exact same medicine to all of his patients.
The results would be tragic; so many people would get sick.
Yet when it comes to school this is exactly what happens. This educational malpractice when one teacher stands in front of 20 children each one having different strengths, different needs, different gifts, different dreams and you teach the same thing the same way. That's horrific.
Ladies and Gentlemen,defendant should now be accredited.
This may be one of the worst criminal offenses ever ,to be committed. And let’s mention the way you treat your employees.
Objection!
Overruled I want to hear this!
It's a shame I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet yet they are under-paid? No wonder so many students are short change. Let’s be honest teachers should earn just as much as doctors because a doctor can do heart surgery and save the life of a kid. But a great teacher can reach the heart of that child and allow him to truly live.
See teachers are heroes that often get blamed. But they aren't the problem .They work in a system without many options or rights. Curriculum's are created by policy makers ,most of which haven't taught a day in their life . Just obsessed with standardized tests they think bubbling in a multiple choice question will determine success
That's how outlandish.In fact these test are to cruel to be used and. should be abandoned. But don't take my word for it. Take Fredrick J Keely and man who invented standardized testing who said and I quote "These tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned" Ladies and gentlemen of the jury if we continue down this road the results will be little.
I don't have much faith in in school but I do have faith in people. And if we can customize health care, cars and Facebook pages then it is our duty to do the same for education to upgrade change in dual way with school spirit, cause that's useless.
Unless we are working to bring the spirit out of each and every student that should be our task. No more common core, instead, let’s reach the core of every heart in every class.
Sure math is important .but no more than art or dance let's give every gift an equal chance I know this sounds like a dream but countries like Finland are doing impressive things they have shorter school days, teachers make a decent wage homework is non existent they focus on collaboration instead of competition. But here's the kicker boys and girls there educational outperforms every other country in the world. Other places like Singapore are succeeding rapidly. Schools like Montessori programs like Khan Academy there is no single solution.
But let’s get moving because while students maybe 20% of our population.
They are 100% of our future so let’s attend to their dreams and there's no telling what we can achieve this is a world in which I believe, a world where fish are no longer forced to climb trees.
I rest my case.