I could not agree more with Morgan Bayda's experience as a college student. I myself have gone through the very same things while here at South. So often do I sit in a classroom and listen to long drawn out lectures jotting down frantically notes to somehow remember what is being talked about. I often ask myself, while trying to stay awake, why am I even writing this down? Like always I come up with the same answer. I take these notes so that I can pass the next test.
The video by Dan Brown in the blog post was very interesting as well as thought provoking. While I will not go as far as dropping out of school, I do believe that he had some very valid points. It is true that society as a whole is quickly evolving while the institution of education continues to sit there piddling around falling further and further behind. About a month ago my dad was asking me about how class was held and what took place during class and when I told him he gave a somewhat of a smile. Then he told me how when he was in college thirty years ago class took place exactly the same. I found that kind of disturbing. Now I know most teachers use powerpoints to read facts to us, but really how is that any different than reading facts from a blackboard besides the fact that powerpoints are more appealing to the eye? I find myself at times thinking that the only thing my institutionalized education is getting me is a degree so that I can have a profession. Like Dan Brown said, information is now free and anyone can access that. So what does that mean to me? Does it mean I am racking up thousands of dollars in debt just so that I can receive a piece of paper called a degree allowing me to become a teacher?
