Over the years, I have been writing about misconceptions regarding the schooling process. The purpose of these posts is to explain why I disagree with various comments that I have heard people make about schooling. These are meant as personal thoughts rather than conclusive proof, and I will admit that I'm not always the best at explaining my thoughts. Regardless, I have decided that I should be willing to share these posts when I encounter someone online who makes an argument that I have already discussed.
A lot of people refer to our schooling system as a one-size-fits-all model. That term implies that our singular approach to schooling is meeting the needs of all students. It's true that it's a singular approach. It's completely wrong to say that it meets the needs of all students.
All students are different. Forcing them all through the exact same environment does not meet individual needs. In fact, to even appear tolerable in terms of individual needs, the schools have to dumb things down. No students are having their needs met.
Some people think the schools have done an adequate job with them, but there are reasons for this that many people overlook. Among them is that most of us don't want to think that we didn't get much value from all the time and effort that we invested in our lengthy time in the system. We are also bombarded with so much pro-schooling propaganda that most of us simply accept the schools as the way things have to be.
Some people, especially when individual needs are closest to the existing system, are fine with this system, but even they should be getting something much better than what we're offering. The further away someone is from the mold, the worse the schools are at meeting individual needs. For many students, this model is downright unhealthy. Unfortunately, we don't seem to care.
We need to stop pushing the narrative that our schools embrace a one-size-fits-all model and start admitting to reality. Our schools embrace a one-size-fits-none model. No students are having their needs properly met.
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