Absolutely. I teach an after-school / summer program for predominantly low-income K-8th grade students. Most of my Kindergartners are with me each day for longer than they are in public school. The amount of six year olds being medicated on a daily basis because they are bored is unfathomable. I feel like public education in this country is just a conveyor belt pumping out kids into a broken economy. It's extremely frustrating that my infant daughter will be going into the public school system in a few years, because I can't afford to home school her or send her to a more progressive private school.Does our current education hamper individual creativity and growth? And does the US need a major revamp of its public education system?
Two things I really enjoy the RSA Animates and Sir Ken Robinson, very cool. Thanks for posting this Captain_Ozone, I've heard the talk before but it's great to see it this way. Syncretic, I too have a daughter (she's 2) and I'm already concerned about the type of education she will receive. We will likely send her to public schools too and plan to fill in the gaps of her education ourselves in the evenings and on the weekends. I suppose that is all one can do.The amount of six year olds being medicated on a daily basis because they are bored is unfathomable.
-When I was about 13 years old it seemed like over night 50% of my friends were prescribed Ritalin. It was a way for their parents to justify there behaviors and bad grades without having to admit that perhaps they were the ones at fault. -Shameful stuff.