The Need for Education

Gatto has some very good observations about school systems. He believes that education is not working because for one, the students and the teachers are bored! You can’t expect to learn from someone who isn’t interested in a subject. I definitely agree in his point that we should be taking an education, not receiving schooling. Gatto also makes the observation that we really don’t need school to perform our best. I’m not sure I entirely agree with that, even though he backs up his point with political figures. Sure they are good citizens and good people, but in today’s world, people need some help. (Although some people that have gone to school and are political figures need some help too cough cough George W. Bush)

I think school helps push people to the next level in getting them to think outside of the box. I know if I didn’t go to school, I would never have thought to push topics such as this or the rhetoric in advertising. I do think though that we go to school for too long. Five times a week, 7 periods of focusing for 45 minutes, break, focus, break… it gets a little intense, private schooling or not. I mean take a look at a college schedule. Students don’t have class after class after class everyday and they even enjoy what they’re doing.

So I think that we definitely need schooling of some sort and not just completely cut it out. I would say that school systems just need some redefining to them.