2014-01-18, 05:12 AM
There are a couple of issues that are fairly distinct yet inseparable from each other here.
(1) the purpose of education -- philosophically speaking and economically speaking.
(2) the state of education in today's world -- what people teach and learn in school, its effectiveness, and how they are taught.
(3) the worth of education -- the relevance and effectiveness of education to society, towards job-finding and towards the jobs we actually work at.
(4) the attitudes toward education -- by the students, and by the general public.
I'm only laying the ground for more decent arguments. I have a great deal to say about each of these. What actually has a great deal more relevance than what many people realise is "the relevance and effectiveness of education to society". A great deal remains unsaid when people comment about things like "people go through education/school and yet come out stupid", and I feel really upset about why such statements get uttered (on many counts).
Hadriel
(1) the purpose of education -- philosophically speaking and economically speaking.
(2) the state of education in today's world -- what people teach and learn in school, its effectiveness, and how they are taught.
(3) the worth of education -- the relevance and effectiveness of education to society, towards job-finding and towards the jobs we actually work at.
(4) the attitudes toward education -- by the students, and by the general public.
I'm only laying the ground for more decent arguments. I have a great deal to say about each of these. What actually has a great deal more relevance than what many people realise is "the relevance and effectiveness of education to society". A great deal remains unsaid when people comment about things like "people go through education/school and yet come out stupid", and I feel really upset about why such statements get uttered (on many counts).
Hadriel