I have just listened to a guy from Senegal talk about the possibilities of a different way of teaching. Since education, as it is defined in the modern sense, is to help you find work and also find solutions in your community. Which for the most part has not happened in the black community or African nations.
There is a lot of unemployment in black Africa. Many people graduate with degrees they can't use. Many people choose not to do farming, animal raising... because they think they have a degree, they can't do those menial jobs.
The reality is that even in the USA, most people who made the most money, never finished college.
Many students lose interest from school beyond the middle school. By the time, they enter high school, they feel as though school is not for them (at least in inner school kids).
The guy from Senegal has reiterated the importance of trade jobs. Of how when he was a kids, there was an old man who gave multiple jobs to many kids, from feeding birds, to cleaning cages, to cultivating corn, ... and he learned a lot from artisans, which in Senegal, is delegated to certain tribes. How such knowledge, if it was taught to kids at a young age, we would not have that many unemployment. And, also, as in Ancient Egypt, they were known to produce record number of pottery, godly animals, wine, ... that were sold in other countries. So education, in the western sense, is just book knowledge. And so, even so, in the classroom, the only thing we are taught about Africa are kingdoms..., we are not taught, how to think in African, how to produce metal, weave clothe, plants, the different secrets of different animals... That is what makes a child African, otherwise, we are born, and go to school and we because western white minds with black bodies, useless to our community. And our brightest end up benefiting the west.
So it is time to redefine education, alternative to education, with a group of panelists.
Many of the people who are millionaires and billionaires in Africa wasn't the product of the school system.
I think from 5 to 15, kids should be taught experiential knowledge, not theories. Because those are impressionable years. Eliminate the excess jobs that people are going for such as lawyers, judges... if there is not a high need, instead of allowing colleges to just let students apply on anything. Teach practical engineering in furniture, ... There is a market in small space furniture designs to utilize the space in many different ways...
It reminds of ... that traditional way of learning makes you a better person. You immediately know when you are around someone who went heavily in school. their brain is super active, jittery... in regards to someone who is traditionally hands taught, they are more in tune with themselves.
Just here in Dayton, OH. There are so many houses that need remodeling. Imagine having kids from middle school to high school taught the trades of fixing home, wiring, ... and graduating high school and being able to fix homes, start your own business... But while we are at it, they are teaching kids cos, sin, tan and most will not go into engineering, architecture... In this way, they can be beneficial to themselves and their communities.
The current way is definitely not working.
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