I do agree though the author is a bit naive sounding.
"By failure we mean the inability to properly educate our children equally and fairly."
I don't agree completely with this. By failure we mean the inability to properly educate our children PERIOD. Supplying "equal" education to the underprivileged is a sub-issue to the education issues (though it is a large sub-issue).
"One is that students are educated in order to prepare them for the world, allow them to succeed, and mold them into proper social citizens. This is the governments, parents and teachers point of view."
I wouldn't go as far as to say this is the government's point of view. The government I think has a main focus of molding people into "proper" social citizens.
"We need to discover our own purpose in order to help students discover theirs."
Good conclusion as well though it came out of left-field a bit. I agree that inspiring students should be the number one goal, and re-educating teachers first is a necessary step in reaching that goal, however difficult the task.
"By failure we mean the inability to properly educate our children equally and fairly."
I don't agree completely with this. By failure we mean the inability to properly educate our children PERIOD. Supplying "equal" education to the underprivileged is a sub-issue to the education issues (though it is a large sub-issue).
"One is that students are educated in order to prepare them for the world, allow them to succeed, and mold them into proper social citizens. This is the governments, parents and teachers point of view."
I wouldn't go as far as to say this is the government's point of view. The government I think has a main focus of molding people into "proper" social citizens.
"We need to discover our own purpose in order to help students discover theirs."
Good conclusion as well though it came out of left-field a bit. I agree that inspiring students should be the number one goal, and re-educating teachers first is a necessary step in reaching that goal, however difficult the task.