Questions to Ask

What do you think about education and schooling? I'm not asking what you feel like you are supposed to believe. I want you to look deep and form your own beliefs and opinions. Most people take education for granted and accept what the schools tell them as fact. You should not allow anyone, including me, to dictate what you think.


This task is tougher than it might seem. People don't want to think that they are wrong. If they have been fighting for increased schooling, they will be unlikely to acknowledge that the process is not what it seems. You need to distance yourself from what others have told you. I can't make you think for yourself, but I can still provide you with a little help. Below, I have listed several questions that should be worth pursuing. Again, I can't ask you to let me dictate your beliefs and opinions. If my questions are irrelevant to your beliefs or insufficient to add depth to your beliefs, feel free to change them.

• How do you define education?
• What does education mean to you?
• Should education be viewed more as a right or a responsibility?
• Are we on the right educational path?
• What are the consequences, good and bad, of our schooling system?
• Which is more important, schooling or education?
• How much influence should the government have over the educational process?
• Should schooling be a mandatory approach toward education or should we embrace education that occurs elsewhere?
• Who is ultimately responsible for education?
• How much influence should teachers have in regards to the futures of their students?
• How variable are educational needs?
• How do we address the variability?
• What percentage of students truly fit the schools?
• What happens when a teacher pushes facts that turn out to be inaccurate?
• What kind of accountability should teachers have?
• Can a child's education be properly evaluated, and if so, how?
• How effective are letter grades?
• What educational rights exist outside of school?