Our education system is flawed.
The entire purpose of school is to gain the
educational background we need to prepare us for the field in which we want to
pursue. That can range from making a scientific breakthrough about a cure for Alzheimer's
disease to building the worlds greatest architectural achievement. But how are
we supposed to get there? We don’t
simply wake up and have all the information we need. Does sitting behind desks,
taking notes, and filling in bubbles of a standardized test prepare us? No, it
does not. Those skills may help us now, because they get us by with good grades
that will get us into the top Universities and Colleges around the world, but
it won’t last. Ten to fifteen years from now, when we are experiencing a
mechanical malfunction in artificial intelligence, our answers will not be
conveniently laid out in a multiple-choice exam. When we are doctors, will a
patient’s condition be based off an exam? Will the newest topic of a New York
Times article be given to us though a test? Will any of our occupations exam
based? No. My point is tests work now, but in ten years, they won’t serve us
the same way. I’d like to see if your job pays you to take standardized tests,
because chances are, that wouldn’t happen. The truth is, tests have never
worked for me. I have never seen how it can prepare us for the future we’re
building.
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