America’s Educational Infrastructure

Upon reading some of the views towards education, I gathered a few ideas. Each philosophy is presented very attractively. And why not? The people who set forth these particular ideas were very passionate about what they believed in. Unfortunately, we could all debate about the different philosophical views of education until we are blue in the face. This still doesn’t actually make any one opinion better than any of the others. We all have opinions, but what we need is common ground between them. Hopefully, that is what my educational philosophy stands for.

I would like to start off with the subjects we study in school. Subjects should be functional to today’s world. Our educational system is far more diverse today than it has ever been, and our

I believe that religion is something for outside of the classroom. There are far too many religious beliefs in the world to accommodate all of them, so that is an area best left alone. This leaves plenty of time for other areas of development. If it is the wish of a family to have religion addressed in the classroom, then there are certain specialized schools that do just that. I believe it is the responsibility of the church to educate their youth in these areas. However, I do believe that writing skills are important. Writing is a necessity in order to accurately document events and opinions. Distinguishing the difference between fact and fiction can be quite difficult. But a strong foundation of writing skills make identifying “reality”, that much easier.

subject matter should reflect that. The reality of the subjects studied in school, should also reflect upon the reality in each student’s environment. Reality can change, because environments change. Textbooks and literature become somewhat obsolete after a while because our culture changes so rapidly. That is not to say that classic pieces of literature are not of use in the classroom, but each literary product presented in the classroom should hold some information that is relatively useful for all of the students.

Values is also a very sensitive area to touch upon. Moral values, for the most part, should be taught at home. Ethics are an important part of education. If ethical values are going to be worthwhile, then they must be part of life outside of the classroom as well. If the gap between ethics outside of school differs greatly from that of ethics inside the classroom, the learning process can be greatly hindered. A perfect example, in my mind, is the tragedy at Columbine High School in Colorado. The

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