When I first entered spanish class this year, with a new teacher, I was definitely shocked by her new teaching style. She calmly stated at the beginning of the year that she didn't believe in strict "book-teaching." And I must admit that when I first heard this, I was a little worried because personally I'm a great "book-learner," but I was also very doubtful of the success this approach might have. A semester of games, songs, and skits later, I am a firm believer of unconventional teaching/learning. And really, it wasn't a big deal. I went in to class to have fun, didn't have homework, and got good grades.
Then today, during her lecture on "multiple intelligences," I finally realized that my approach to education for the past 9 or so years has been so incredibly wrong. We analyzed why school stopped being "fun" after elementary school. Apparently in the wee stages of education, we're all extremely excited to LEARN and take things away from school. Unfortuntately, there comes a point in every American student's educational journey when a teacher stops being your best friend and matches you with a letter determining your success (or lack there of). I'm not too sure when or why that happened to me, but I'm definitely the poster-child of our "broken education system." I've sadly realized that school has become less of a learning/growing experience and more of a competetive factory system to pick up a 4.0, extra-curriculars, and teacher recs for my next educational journey.
I don't want my highschool journey to be a compilation of letters and numbers.
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