Students Should Not Be Taught In Schools

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Imagine your class is playing a game for the fastest problem solver. You sit in your seat as the teacher counts down from five; you push past your limits so you can beat your classmates. You try your hardest and win excited that you beat your challenger. Now Imagine you're sitting in math class and your teacher tells everyone to do some review problems. As your mind wanders off you're not learning or picking up anything the instructor is saying, because why would you need to listen when you already know the drill. But, while you aren't listening, the teacher describes a new formula. You are asked to answer a question but are confused by the classmates before you; without the new knowledge you become frustrated and fail. Learning the new formula is even harder the next day, as the teacher can't stop to inform you of the basics and simply continues on. The latter seems to be most kids in school; a student will ignore the teacher because they think they know everything that is being taught to them. Ignoring the teacher causes a student to miss important information and for them to start failing in a class. This is happening because the students don't have something to work for or learn about. Now if the teacher threw in a game where the students competed against each other, they …show more content…

Philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti once said, "'Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.'" This is not true because the 'competitive spirit' drives someone to work harder and helps them focus on one idea. Teens and kids alike drive for adrenaline rushes where they can feel their blood pumping and trying to beat a fellow classmate really drives that through. When the competitive spirit is gone kids become bored and their minds wander off; they don't learn anything if they don't listen. They feel unmotivated to try hard for something that they think doesn't

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