Discussion: Reasons for Schooling

It's definitely the latter. Yes, there are some situations where you have to accept the "world" as it is without questioning it, but why were we given the ability to think for ourselves if all we had to do was conform and jump on the bandwagon, following what everyone else is doing?

In this world, not everything is a written fact. There are theories and there are opinions. Schools should be institutions that teach us those facts and guide us in interpreting them, but at the same time allowing us to have our own opinions, allowing us to question.

It should be a place were students feel @ home.The place were learning should be in both the ways mentally & physically.skills & abilitys of a child should comeout . Opinions of students shouldn't be neglected or even students shouldn't be underestimated. Both students as well as teachers should understand each other.A teacher should treat each student with due respect as per his/her behaviour.

I think they should be taught how to become independent thinkers and decision makers

In my opinion,students should be taught to be independent thinkers.their imagination should fly, discover their own self.The rules of the society were also formulated by some independent thinkers.So why is it wrong to formulate our own rules.when the mind is free to think then only new ideas would take birth and will just refresh the society.

Of coz schools must teach the young about how the world is but no1 should to be told to accept things how they are and live/deal with it.. yes, the young should be thought what is right and what is wrong.. at the same time they should be thought to follow what they believe in and not what has be passed on or told by others ..

every1 should be entitled to their own opinions .. at the end of the day we are all individuals and as we grow so does our understanding of life .. we all come from different societies and cultural back grounds .. and we learn abt life not just from school but also from home, what we see around us and from what we experience

I reckon that schools should teach kids the facts of life but should not impose that they follow this or follow that .. let them be the judge themselves 😊

Reason for schooling ?

I think the schools should definitely help make students critical thinkers so they are able to solve problems of the world. We might say that it's a bit cliched to say that one person can make a difference, but it's true. I remember this quote by someone that went like "Never doubt in the ability of a few responsible citizens to change the world. In fact they are the ones who ever have!" Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in what they were doing and they did change things for so many in the world! They followed the path that they thought was right and were willing to do anything for it!

It's easy to say that things are going to stay as they always have been, but history tells us that few people have made the difference because they had the courage and audacity to be different and hold on to their views. If the schools teach us to do that, then we would have more people who would stick to their goals and the world could be a better place!

I've been lucky to have had a couple teachers who followed this path. They would challenge our conventional beliefs so we start questioning ourselves and perhaps this way they hoped we will attain critical thinking and be better citizens and human beings!

-Mahi

Well i think it IS a Combination of both the aspects! Education is what helps us think which is justified! n both these aspects..fulfill them! =)

One quality gets highlighted on completion of school that gets carried on to the job: commitment.