Green Platinum wrote:
TeeArctic1 wrote:
The entire point of schools is to educate kids in the best way possible, and adapt to fit their needs. Not letting students' opinions count would be like buying a sandwich, getting it raw, then being scolded when you send it back, because that's how the chef always makes it, and he says it is cooked and good, even though it isn't.
Students know best what learning methods work for them, and what makes them motivated, energized and engaged in the material for the day. Teachers don't. Hence, they do know shit, and a lot of it at that, contrary to your statement.
This importance is magnified when you take into consideration that your results in school form the foundation of your entire future.
OT: Age does not directly signify superiority, kids know things their elders don't, and vice versa
Have you been in a classroom in your entire life? Kids dick around all day and don't act in their own long term interests. Student feedback is fine but having in weigh the most when they are entirely clueless to the bureaucracy of the school is just stupid. We don't give college/university levels of freedom to schoolkids because we all know nobody would show up even when it is in their best interest.
The entire fact you blame teachers as being clueless to their students makes it pretty clear your are exactly among the reason why.
That seems like a blatant generalisation I'd like it if you didn't use supression techniques in this discussion, by the way. There is a vast network of student organisations, one of which I was the political deputy of myself, which work hard to better the situation for students all across the world. Some don't have proper equipment, some have teachers who favourise students, some of them get bullied by the school nurses.
The landsmeet of the School Student union of Norway consists of over 550 students who have been chosen from their county, including the county board, which are in turn chosen by representatives from their respective counties, of which all high schools in Norway are members, as well as 40% of all middle schools. There they spend 7 days debating how to better their school in a respective manner, which, luckily for you, is livestreamed so that all can see. They are the ones who made school books free, lessons in bullying and sex ed mandatory, established an anti bullying law, otherwise known as paragraph 9A of the educational law, and are highly skilled. Erna Solberg, the current prime minister of Norway, and Jens Stoltenberg, the previous one, both led the organisation in their time and have called it one of the most important and influential times in their lives.
If you want to see students' skills on a higher level than that, I'd recommend checking out Obessu.
I'm not saying teachers are clueless as to their students, that is putting words in my mouth, which makes me want to remind you to refrain from using supression techniques. I am, however, saying that in the same way that you best know what it is like to be you, students know best what it is like to be students, and thus have the best input as to what works and doesn't work for them, in the same way that nobody knows better than you, what you like and don't like.