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Today, schools have become the most dominant and pervasive institutional format for learning. Throughout the world, schools have come to form part of our common sense, the normal way of “growing up modern" and learning."
So my question now is: Do you agree with the statement that it's common sense that attending school is the way we grow up and learn (in all the learning sense that you can think of)?
Okay, I'm about to say something really controversial.... especially because I do plan on finishing my testing and workshops to work as a sub and a licensed teacher down the line (hopefully). I agree with the first part of the statement that schools are the most dominant and pervasive institutional format for learning. Everything works under a schooling format. Now this is where I am going to disagree. I don't think the second part of the statement.
Schooling is not common sense to parents. Parents will and can keep their kids out for days and very little explanation to it. If it was common sense, then kids would always be in attendance unless there was a death in the family or they were ill ( or the weather was bad enough that they should have closed schools but didn't. The reverse is also true for some states).
It also isn't the only way we can learn. I learned and relearned more about writing and history and honestly just historical figures through the internet. School does provide the tools we need to grow up and learn how to complete these tasks, however, it is not the only way to learn in our day and age. Kids now have more access to media and different learning formats. Kids can learn things off of YouTube videos. Parents are learning from their kids who figure these things out.
That being said, should it actually be part of our common sense for growing up modern and learning? Yes. Is it the only way we can learn? No.
Also, yes, I agree with all the other statements so far.