People always pose the question; how can we change the world?
Education is an important issue when dealing with social change. The war on education is the new civil rights movement of today. There are many ways to propose suggestions for trying to change the world and there are tons of problems that need to be overcome in order to create change.
A few of the problems that need to be overcome are the standards and policies placed in schools to forcedly make everyone follow the same path. The curriculum of schools need more in depth evaluations for students to be allowed to make changes themselves and administrative staff within the school need to be more concerned with the well being of the students rather than a paycheck.
A lot of the policies in play such as no child left behind or zero tolerance policy don’t appeal to the masses. Policies such as these are carefully designed for people of privilege and if less fortunate students don’t have adequate resources they will be targeted and held back. Race is an issue as well, no one is born racist or with a prejudice. Parenting and school curriculums place the ideas of elitism and segregation within infants minds and stories will always be passed down through history classes even if it’s not passed by parenting. One shouldn’t need to change the curriculum of schools, rather give a more in depth presentation on ways to handle these situations will better equip students to grow and change. Along with changing school curriculums, the administrative staff associated with the youth need to change. We elect and hire school officials and teachers that care more about gaining experience and receiving a pay check rather than the well being and growth of students.
In part, we as a nation sentence the majority of our youth to mediocre if not below average lives. The only way to create change is to change yourself and passionately involve yourself into lives of the youth. We also must break down all of the barriers that create segregation of our nation and actively involve ourselves in improving the lives of others rather than receiving a paycheck.