sábado, 12 de febrero de 2011

What's going on with the Education System?

The Education System has shown signs of deterioration in the last decades. There may be many factors that cause this system to be falling to pieces gradually. The aim of this essay is to analyse these factors from different perspectives.
The first factor to taken into account is the social one. Students' behavour is sometimes appalling. Consequently, before starting giving a lesson, the teacher may need to set some limits. Nowadays, students respect neither their teachers nor their peers. This problem may be related to the fact that students' ethic and moral values are not set in the home, thus it becomes the teacher's job to establish them. As a result, teachers seem to be forced to leave behind the theoretical teaching part.
One also needs to consider the economic factor when analysing what is wrong with the Education System. Teachers' salaries are not on a par with the difficult job they have to face. Corrections and plans are examples of extra activities that any teacher has to do but extra money is not paid. If salaries were higher, teachers would be more motivated and they would feel that their effort is taken onto consideration. It is imposible for teachers to be able to foster motivation in their students precisely if they lack the motivation needed to start helping students in their long learning process.
Lastly, from the political point of view, it seems to be essential for populist governments not to improve the quality of the Education System as illiterate people tend to be manipulated more easily than literate ones because they would not oppose ideas if they lack the arguments to do so. There seem to be politicians who prefer illiteracy to be widespread because the more illiterate people are, the less critical of politicians' administration they will be.
To conclude, it can be said that what is going on with the Education System can be analysed takingo into caccount social, economic and political aspects. If what is wanted is to go back to the Education System that was installed in Argentina fifty years ago, society should be aware that everyone is to blame. Once awareness has been raised, then, there may be a slight possibility that some changes do take place.

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