“What is the purpose of education?”
In my opinion, the recent educational issues can be compacted into these two disputable arguments
“One genius supports one 10 thousands normal people. (Lee Kun-hee)”
-“Upbringing of gifted students” in Nation-scale
vs.
“Everybody should get the same educational opportunity”
-Removing educational polarization
What’s happening in South Korea?
1. The “highest quality” education : KMLA / Science schools in Korea
http://kimss58.cafe24.com/zero/zboard.php?id=kssline01&page=8&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=subject&desc=desc&no=928&PHPSESSID=57e97f973ddcde05e4b0deaa90d83bec This article talks about the importance of supporting and raising genius. After all, those gifted children will be the precious national resources-the resources which produce amazing ideas among each of their team.
2. Alternative education : E-woo school in Korea
This school talks about “total education reform” in Korea. It picks its new students not based on the grades, but depends on everything about the students, even including family environment. The fundamental purpose of this school is to let every normal student know their own possibilities and abilities, and produce the students with talent of cooperation.
3. Abroad institutions, famous for the quality of education
This Wikipedia article briefly introduces the Grand ecoles, which are higher education establishments outside the main framework of the French university system. They traditionally produce most of France's high-ranking civil servants, politicians and executives as well as many scientists and philosophers.
This article talks about the overall educational system in France, which concentrates on producing students with one specialty-which is one difference from Korea’s newly rising educational trend, which emphasizes the education for one student’s all-sides.
Personally I stand for the first argument: if there should be any ignition for not only education but also broader society, the answer will be prodigies. But then, we would confront with one serious question: “Who do we call as a ‘genius’?”
Here is a video clip for Taylor Mali’s “What teachers make,” which lets us think about the true meaning of education. What is education? How can we define “educating a child?”
What teachers make / Taylor Mali
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about teachers:
Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
and resist the temptation to remind the other dinner guests
that it's also true what they say about lawyers.
Because we're eating, after all, and this is polite company.
"I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor," he says.
"Be honest. What do you make?"
And I wish he hadn't done that
(asked me to be honest)
because, you see, I have a policy
about honesty and ass-kicking:
if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor
and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall
in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won't I let you get a drink of water?
Because you're not thirsty, you're bored, that's why.
I make parents tremble in fear when I call home:
I hope I haven't called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, "Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don't you?"
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are
and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this (the finger).
Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a goddamn difference! What about you
03 14 2011 Chang Woo Jung
AP Lang @ KMLA
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