A famous educator with whom I'm personally acquainted once said; 'Our future now lies on the hands of two fields, Education and Economics'. Some people might not agree on this wholeheartedly, but I consider that it is not a coincidence that 'Investment' is the key-word that pierces through the cores of both fields. The pursuit of achieving the most desirable outcome serves as a common purpose for making investments. So unquestionably, it is common for people to adjust their ways of investing when the public throws doubts on the current method of utilizing the provided resources.
As Economics is the field that concerns the monetary investments, Education is the field that concerns the investments made on the human capital. Therefore, we should acknowledge the criticisms targeted on public education because every reasonable doubt made by the public is considered to be an invaluable information in improving the current system. One of the distinctive comments made on the current public education system is Sir Ken Robinson's speech shared on TED.com. He points out, 'Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability, and heart of our challenges is to reconstitute our sense of ability and of intelligence'. This inevitably leads him to criticize the current education system in which students are having trouble in realizing their potential creativity.
Because there were many ideas that I commonly shared with him on public education, such as 'Creativity is important as literacy', I was surprised to find out the criticisms given on his speech by my peers. However, what startled me most was to observe the lack of 'Creativeness' on their criticisms. Rather than commenting the importance of the idea, for instance how his speech brought up the chronic disease widespread in our public education system, things people mostly fussed about was that they could not understand Robinson's definitions on 'Creativity' or 'Epiphany of general children's potentials' even though it is a widely-known concept in the public. Furthermore, some comments said Robinson should have proved that there is a hierarchy between subjects, such as Mathematics is valued over Arts and Music, even though it is a commonly accepted fact in the current public education system. I was Their writings were no more than the ways to show their ignorance and lack of cognition on the problem.
Creativity is now a indispensable element which composes the modern human individual. Not only because realizing one's creative potentials helps him or her to find the job that is most suitable, but because creativity is what the current employers seek from the labor market. This means people need to achieve creative properties to become part of the 'Economically active population'. So Robinson's speech holds its significance also in the field of Economics because the current public education failing to produce creative individuals explains the current society with the ironic disequilibrium between 'Firms that want more employees' and 'People who need to be employed'
As Economics is the field that concerns the monetary investments, Education is the field that concerns the investments made on the human capital. Therefore, we should acknowledge the criticisms targeted on public education because every reasonable doubt made by the public is considered to be an invaluable information in improving the current system. One of the distinctive comments made on the current public education system is Sir Ken Robinson's speech shared on TED.com. He points out, 'Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability, and heart of our challenges is to reconstitute our sense of ability and of intelligence'. This inevitably leads him to criticize the current education system in which students are having trouble in realizing their potential creativity.
Because there were many ideas that I commonly shared with him on public education, such as 'Creativity is important as literacy', I was surprised to find out the criticisms given on his speech by my peers. However, what startled me most was to observe the lack of 'Creativeness' on their criticisms. Rather than commenting the importance of the idea, for instance how his speech brought up the chronic disease widespread in our public education system, things people mostly fussed about was that they could not understand Robinson's definitions on 'Creativity' or 'Epiphany of general children's potentials' even though it is a widely-known concept in the public. Furthermore, some comments said Robinson should have proved that there is a hierarchy between subjects, such as Mathematics is valued over Arts and Music, even though it is a commonly accepted fact in the current public education system. I was Their writings were no more than the ways to show their ignorance and lack of cognition on the problem.
Creativity is now a indispensable element which composes the modern human individual. Not only because realizing one's creative potentials helps him or her to find the job that is most suitable, but because creativity is what the current employers seek from the labor market. This means people need to achieve creative properties to become part of the 'Economically active population'. So Robinson's speech holds its significance also in the field of Economics because the current public education failing to produce creative individuals explains the current society with the ironic disequilibrium between 'Firms that want more employees' and 'People who need to be employed'
Interesting intro that tackles the issue from a new angle I haven't seen yet. It would seem that this is something America needs to really focus on. The money they are not investing in education will only come back to haunt them when the future becomes the present. Are they going to be prepared to compete against China and the rest of Asia? That's a different conversation entirely, but your idea made me think of that.
답글삭제493 words including the title - this seemed a bit short, and as a result you didn't quite capitalize on some of the more interesting points your raise. A couple more paragraphs seem needed to truly elaborate your unique view. On that note, I have yet to read these uncreative responses from your peers. While some disagree with him, and don't think education really "kills" creativity, I haven't read any that say things don't need some degree of change.
Good essay. You write very well. Some sentences get a bit long and uncontrolled, but the writing is dynamic and colorful.