During our New Year holidays we had a lot of different
businesses and made fun with all our friends, met a big amount of people and
did many things. But it’s time to start studying as we need to improve our
knowledge to get more
marks. That’s why we need
more practice.
The theme that
was offered is called “EDUCATION”. When I saw two videos the first thing that I
though was:” hm… these men said a lot of useful information which I should bear in mind.” The rough idea was that
students need to have favorable environment for opportunities. Its common knowledge that
people (I’m talking not only about adults) who had more conditions for studying
were prone to progress mare than that people why didn’t. BUT, of course, there
were (and I’m sure are) exceptions people who had mental agility and natural talent to study and because of their laziness
(or, maybe, lack of money) didn’t have desire to change something in their
lives.
Sugata
Mitra showed us how is important desire in studying and persuaded us that
teachers take one of important roles in education. No, I’m not talking about 45-minute lessons during
which they try to explain Math,
English, Geography or Science. I am talking
about their help in personal development of children. Teachers should stimulate and try to encourage children to make new
progresses.
The
second video was more interesting to me. He confirmed the words of Sugata Mitra
that teachers should help to stimulate desire of children to become wiser and
try to realize that only we can build
our lives. Also, he said the brilliant phrase of Benjamin Franklin:” There are three sorts of people in the world: Those
who are immovable, people who don't get it, they
don't want to get it, they're not going to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people
who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make
things happen.” Also, I agree with words
that kids prosper best with a broad curriculum that celebrates their various
talents, not just a small range of them.
We should
understand the aims of
lessons which we attend day by day. It is not necessarily to be straight A student,
because points (marks) don’t
demonstrate our mentality, but putting enough efforts will bring
enormous benefits in our personal development. Of course, not all subjects are interesting
for us (and I’m convinced not all of them will be useful in our daily lives in
the future) but it is my
firm conviction that only with their help we will be literate and get
our high education.
