What I Know Right Now

 After watching the TED video, I don't even know where to begin. From start to finish, Sir Robinson had really great interesting points. One thing I could relate to is the whole idea of wearing a wristwatch. My dad constantly tells me to wear one and I always respond saying it's useless when I have many other things that tell time. There was so many good metaphors Robinson used when comparing education. The one that really got me was when he said current education is like manufacturing where everyone is doing the same basic things(standardized), but it should be like agriculture or organic. He then says that like farmers, education should provide the resources for the student and let them grow their own way. I would like to add that the current educational system, in public education at least, seems to teach kids the basic but then forces them to go either a certain path or gives them limited options. This idea connects to my previous post about the article by Ron Wolk, which also talked about changing current education to fit students needs and interests rather than everyone learn the same things that don't interest any students. The only concern I have with this whole idea is the toughness of executing it, for example what if someone changes their mind and wants to do something else. If they move to that area what if they get overwhelmed and get behind? The German educational system is the closest thing to this idea that I could think of. From what I understand, after 9th grade students can either continue on to 10th-12th grade, go to a trade school, or to a university. In the end, like all things this will probably have some flaws, but I still think this idea is worth a shot and better than the current system of education.