History of the American School- my thoughts

 Firstly, in the video we watched, " A Short History of Public Schooling - Excerpt from the film Class Dismissed" I did not know that Horace Mann was an ACTUAL person. It does make sense though but that really shocked me for some reason. 

I really really enjoyed the reading of "The Broken Model Chapter 2- Khan" and video this week. I feel very passionately about schools and the systems that are set in place so being able to read some of the thoughts I have had was validating. Reading the passage reminded me of a video I watched in my English class in middle school. The video was about a man suing the education system! (Not really- but it's such an amazing video). I have had my family watch the video every time I remember it (genuinely, just last week). The man in the video goes on to explain how school systems do not always have the best interest of students. Adding to that thought, he goes on to explain about standardized tests and the loss of being able to express creativity in classrooms and how that transfers outside the classrooms. One thing I also like about the video is he starts is of with a quote to which he says "If you judge a fish by it ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid." Who exactly said the quote (although it's said Albert Einstein but no solid check on that..) or where it came from is unfortunately something I do not know, but I do know that after hearing it, I always had it in my mind.

I believe that as time goes on and people and technology advance that new systems should definitely be placed in schools. There should be more alternative learning ways because every kid is so different and unique and what works for 5 kids may not work for a different 2 kids and vice versa. To some degree, teachers are like the doctors and lawyers of school. They work to ensure that the students who are in their building are safe, and advocated for. To expect students to sit still for hours on end throughout the day and stay quiet and try to memorize seems silly and inefficient and not a way to be engaging and make it enjoyable for them to want to continue coming back.