ECS 203

 

Blog Post 4

 

Being a good student within the current frame of the education system in Canada means conforming to standardized testing and performing proficiently, active participation in class, enthusiasm to learn, as well as maintaining a professional and friendly relationship with their educators. While all of these things sound good, and are perceived as common sense, these standards can also negatively affect students who are unable to live up to these standards. 

 

Information is typically conveyed to students in a way that benefits only a certain percentage of students. Human beings are versatile and not all of us are the same. We all have different ways of looking at the world, as well as processing information in our brains. The issue with the education system is that curriculum doesn’t match human versatility. The way education happens in Canada today only benefits students who naturally fit in this box which includes proficiency in standardized testing, obedience, and certain personality traits. As well, students who may be neurodivergent or perhaps very introverted suffer at the hands of this ‘correct’ way to go through school. 

 

Throughout history, education was all about preparing children to work, many times in factories. It was a place where individuality was not valued and conformity was encouraged. Uniforms used to be an everyday norm in schools as well, which luckily has disappeared significantly in Canada. Has the education system changed drastically over the years? Absolutely; however, this idea of students conforming still lingers in schools and causes the suffering of many students’ grades as well as socialization and self-esteem.