It's time for a revolution. Vamanos! (reforming K-12 education)

Steve Denning's article about changing the whole fabric of the K-12 education system is an eye-opening piece http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/01/the-single-best-idea-for-reforming-k-12-education/. He believes that the whole system is flawed because of the erroneous belief that the "factory model of management" can be used with education, when in fact, it hardly even works with factories/companies. This model dictates that everything is done for the system and, in the case of schools, that students ,teachers, parents, and administrators must adjust to it, in order for all cogs to function. This, according to the author, leads to students who feel dispirited because their imagination and creativity are being stifled. They feel like they are just being crammed with info and have to parrot it back when the time comes.

The thing that needs to change, according to him, is the goal of education: not making the students study more effectively but having students inspired to be lifelong learners. This article had the same feel as the other I read a couple of days ago that I blogged about( http://zenhabits.net/kid-skills/). Both mentioned that the future is unpredictable, and having students just learn one set of skills to do a  specific job will not be beneficial to them because that job may not be there in 10-15 years.

Thanks to Sean Doran's post on the same article( http://seandoraneduc932.blogspot.kr/2013/10/what-can-fix-broken-educational-system.html) , I learned that Finland has tried to do exactly what is being put forth by the author. After doing a little research on my own and finding this article,
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html?c=y&page=2 , I feel that this is truly the way of the future. Once those who are standing firm that the "old way" is the best are no longer in the picture, we can start on the road that will eventually lead us to better, happier, and more independent students. Unfortunately, I feel that Korea might be one of the last places where a change like this may occur. People here are not quick to change, more so than back in North America. I'm hoping for the best. 화이팅!