End of Education for Me.

Well just the education series of the blog. What I want is for education to improve. I see consequences if it does not. I want fewer people to be left behind, obviously the personal element was I was missed, because I was an individual that did not fit the system. Changes have been made and have happened over my life time not just longer periods of time. Women are not left behind as much as before, but many groups and individuals still are. They are not supported or served which is in no one’s interest. It is not easy to improve let alone somewhere near remedy. It is tied to it’s past where military and scientific management ideas have underpinned organisation. The mass market for the students were factories and mines that do not exist as such any more. People now live long enough to out live a career (which have quicker life cycles) and other factors have to be accounted for. Preparing children for a constantly changing environment is different than one job and marriage for life. The ability to change is paramount. Education also has to keep changing including providing for continual education for all ages.

I find it very easy to criticise ‘my education’. I cannot use words such as professional, personal, quality or many such words that I want to use about any experience. But this is the top problem for education it is not ultimately run professionally it does not work towards operation or development in a professional way. The top of course is made of two key elements politicians playing politics and irrational voters. Neither group has the knowledge, ability or a chance in hell of getting a professional system without getting out of the way. So many other concerns are put first. Many other groups interfere with their own I have to say warped, emotional input. The number of people left behind is large let alone the massive under performance of those not completely failed. At the moment the advice for anyone in education is to come from rich parents who can bypass the system (not just of education) to have a chance of meeting their potential and being in a strong position as an adult.

Once the corporate criminals are in their right place then professionalism can be introduced. The grand strategy of education is not within the abilities of any person or group. Priorities have to be set which would be philosophical. They have to include development. Too many people are left behind, the biggest task is social economic factors. Individual issues I have mentioned are not just gender and race but disabilities and abilities that are not supported and served. It is amazing how little people actually know and yet think they do. I have discussed a few times Physical education, where for many it is not physical (avoidance) and education is a misnomer. So you know how to run do you. OK who taught you? I am going to guess a 3 or 4 year old. Have you even thought of improving your running since or has anyone suggested it? Most people just hardly ever run for any reason. Of people who do run (half way there) injury rates are around 50% per year (probably an under estimate). Each year half of all runners injure themselves mainly through bad technique. Others hurt themselves moving objects. Let alone the errors people make with communication use of numbers and understanding of science. All targets of education need to be real understanding and application, not a stack of pieces of paper that just reduce the number of trees and give false confidence.

Of course education is within wider society, the direct political effect is not the only factor. Individuals leave (and do not value) many things to the state like health and security rather than being active in these aspects of life. Other participants such as businesses and industry market and lobby in their own interest and avoid the costs of their actions. Political and religious groups use similar methods to influence individuals and society. People wanting power just generally for what ever reason also take over rather than searching for the better qualified. Education is not marketing or entertainment it is more important. It would be more attractive to children if more of them made regular progress were more skillful, understood more and took responsibility for their actions. This needs higher quality schools (or alternatives) and staff and more restraint on non professional educational factors.

So I am sure I could come up (or be inspired) with more issues regarding education that are worth raising, discussing and implementing. But it’s simple if you think your or your children’s education is only important enough for schools etc. and not worth further consideration then you will reap the crops that you sow (or leave to others). Good look and thanks for the fish.