Sunday, December 1, 2013

Education

So recently i went to go see the new movie based off the Orson Scott Card novel Enders Game. In this movie young children are taught to become strategical and tactical military masterminds. The military heads have become obsessed with the pursuit of the best and brightest children on this earth to be molded into high-tech warriors. There mission is to permanently eliminate the alien threat (buggers) that had nearly conquered the earth 50 years prior. So the education of these children is a really big thing in this world. When a child is born a monitor is embedded in the brain stem so the military can monitor the children as they mature and grow. Through this monitor they can see and hear everything that the children can see and hear. The generals in charge of this system nit pick all the children who they find worthy to increase there knowledge.  If a child is not picked to move on to the next school its a humongous deal to the student and the students family. The government even controls how many children ea. family has so they can easily monitor every single one of them and  if there where humongous amount of people to monitor they couldn't monitor them all. Also so every family has the same amount of chance to have one of their children become a great commander. But it all comes back to education. 
In this process the children have an unlimited and structurally personalized information at their disposal. Ea. child is given a desk, this is a powerful computer, similar to a real-life tablet computers but specifically for learning. On this computer they were not allowed any outside distractions. They couldn't even email there family at some points. The games, the free time activities, everything in their battle school is focused around bettering themselves intellectually. But most importantly they have everything they want in the palm of there hands. They have interactive 3D models, holographic projections, and small concentrated classes with students who want to learn.
If we could transfer some of these basic building blocks to all schools. Maybe if we cared more about the education and the morals of the next generation before they become a nuisance to the society maybe we wouldn't have so much crime or poverty.  Maybe if we could try to make learning bearable for young children. If we only shell more into our education, we wouldn't need to shell so much into poverty and crime control. The children naturally want to learn. But the school system makes it very difficult for the children to pursue knowledge.

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