15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning

To Scott H. Young:

This starts off with a mindless assumption that destroys the credibility of the entire article. Can we just stop this generalization that all public schools are bad things. Here’s a news flash: There are some very good public schools out there and I am getting very tired of ignorant people who make general statements that they are all bad. If you don’t like the public schools in your area, get involved and fix them. But stop making general statements that only show your ignorance.

Secondly, you CAN add water to a full cup. It just displaces some of what is already there.

Opinions are everywhere — as are over-generalizations. Like everything else, we get what we put into things.

My husband, son and I are all products of the public school system. Each of us have gained from opportunities not available from the private school alternatives available in the respective geographic area. My husband has two masters degrees and is a principal of a middle school currently. I am finishing my masters and am a CPA. Our son starts college in the fall.

At no time have any of us felt that the public school system “crushed” our “soul.” On the contrary, we are grateful for all of those committed educators who invest so much day in and day out.

So much for my 2 cents!

Janel

I went to public school for thirteen years. When analyzing my public school experience (apart from my home life), I am appalled.

1. Almost everyone did not care about academics. The VERY FEW that did were looked at as nerds, made fun of, ridiculed, and abused. There was a HIGH price to pay to care about learning. Being academically average or below average was viewed as cool.

2. The teachers were horrible. They were worn out and defeated. They appeared to have given up years ago. I had a couple of teachers in thirteen years that actually reached out to me as a person and tried to help me.

3. A combination of the two points above led to pathetically low academic standards and expectations. I now learn more in one night of self-study than I learned in several weeks of public school.

4. I could go on for days because this issue is so important to me, but I will wrap it up. Many students in the U.S. public school system are in a prison of low standards, low expectations, a culture of perversion and destruction, hopelessness, busywork, and mind-destroying foolishness. Sadly, many of them will not even know it until they are out of it can see clearly again.

This article wasn’t written to criticize the public school system or other forms of formal education. It’s about maintaining a lifetime pattern of learning new skills, developing ideas, and keeping a healthy mind. If you’re looking for an audience to rant or rave about public schools, try your local school board, city council, or Op/Ed section of the newspaper.

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The american public school debate aside; I belive that points 4-6, & 9 are the most important points raised in this post. Perhaps, the authour could do with reading point 9 himself ;)

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I has classes in regular, honors, and Advanced Placement classes. The Advanced Placement classes are fine, but everything else are pathetic compared to what is possible and what is being done in Europe.

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The american public school debate aside; I belive that points 4-6, & 9 are the most important points raised in this post. Perhaps, the authour could do with reading point 9 himself ;)

This is an excellent article, thank you very much

I am a product of the public school system. In the Philippines, most people do not realize that public schools have better opportunities that private schools. Most private schools do not do strategic planning, but public schools have their School Based Management system and School Improvement Plan. Very few private schools have ten year plan.

There are public schools which do not perform well. And there are also many private schools which are not providing their students quality education. I think Scott committed overgeneralization. This article can be very powerful without the overgeneralization at the beginning of the article.

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Great article. I especially like step 6. Teaching others is a great way to expand your own understanding of a topic. It relates directly to the step you mentioned about working through ideas yourself rather than simply studying others for all your information. Definitely gets the gears turning…