Schools Teach How To Pass Exams Rather Than Life Skills
Education and learning is important no matter who you are and it is the backbone of everything. If we don't understand more about ourselves, our lives and the lives of others around us, then how can we ever learn important life skills. In recent years educational institutions have been put under a lot of pressure to reach government education goals and this has come under fire from both teachers and parents. It would seem that rather than developing learning and life skills that will help them grow into adults, schools are teaching children how to pass tests.
A typical problem with examination based learning is that students who have had to move schools a number of times often get left behind as a result. This trend occurs a lot in children who come from a military background as their parents are often sent to different military bases at both home and overseas. If you trace the military genealogy of families that have a history in the military, you will often see that the educational performance of the individual family members is usually poor unless they have spent their exam years in one place.
There is nothing wrong with this as long as the children understand the subject as well but while many students may know the right answer, is there any point if they can't understand it? The real concern however is coming from the business sector who have said that the undergraduate students that they are getting straight out of University don't have the required skills for the working environment and basic concepts like their life skills aren't developed enough. The concern with this is that business employers are limiting the number of university candidates in favour of employees with experience as these candidates are usually multi skilled and won't need additional training like presentation skills training.
If you have a learning disability like dyslexia and attend a special needs school then you might have an advantage over other school children. This sounds strange but the reason for this is that independent schools control their own syllabus and teach different areas of subjects. This also means that children's individual learning methods can be catered for so kids with dyslexia can be taught in a way that suits them. This type of teaching can usually only be found in private dyslexia schools but it allows dyslexic pupils to learn and understand more.