The Dark Secret About Education | A Reference And Education Article by Gary Eby

"Reference And Education" Article
Article Directory Home

The Dark Secret About Education
Expert Author: Gary Eby \| Submitted: 2007-09-16 \| Word Count: 644 words \| Views: 28 view(s) [View Summary]

Schools with grades K through 12 are largely funded by property taxes, and home owners are increasingly tired of paying this way for basic or higher education.

Colleges and universities base their funding on tuition rates, but middle class parents are finding it increasingly difficult to pay for the ever escalating educational costs. Schools in poor districts are very often inferior to schools in wealthy districts. Colleges in wealthy states are usually better than colleges in poor states.

Discipline problems, crime, substance abuse, violence are increasingly taking their toll on teachers, students, and parents. The quality of education is also declining by significant numbers for many high school seniors. Lots of college students are deficient in reading, writing, spelling, and math skills.

Most frustrating of all, an undergraduate education is no longer a guaranteed passport for a better standard of living. It is long overdue for the educational community to find a way to reform these conditions. I recommend we try using TLP's, Five Steps to Successful Living. Let's take a closer look at this framework for social change.

Admit the Problem:

Our educational system is in serious trouble. We can't define who should pay for it. The present national policy of "Leave No Child Behind" has many weaknesses: emphasis is on proficiency in reading, writing, and math, rather than a more comprehensive view of education.

What happened to social skill training, creativity, physical education, anger management, music, art, citizenship, ethics, nutrition, critical thinking, family living, and a host of other qualities that can help our children become well rounded individuals? We must consider ways to educate our children's hearts and bodies as well as their minds.

Make a Plan:

We need consistent, integrated goals to educate the whole young person from our neighborhoods, cities, states, and federal government. It is time that we get involved in speaking out against a narrow and limited view of education.

Let us develop unified, national, educational policies, which define performance standards based on mind, body, and emotional wellness. In short, education should embrace emotional health, physical health, as well as mental health skills to build character for our children, adolescents, and young adults.

Steps to reach this more liberated view of education might require new financial partnerships between home owners, tax-payers, governmental agencies, and private industry. Other steps might include finding ways to link the value of higher education with service to the community, and on the job work experiences.

A closer relationship for our children with human service organizations, and potential employers, would also broaden the scope of a comprehensive education. In addition, this new bond with the real community could produce better qualified employees for the business sector, government services, and non-profit agencies.

Reach Out For Help.

Why aren't our political leaders reaching out more to experts in the field of social sciences, industry, medical, physical, and the health sciences to guide us in the pursuit of resolving our educational crisis? Let's form study and focus groups to begin to revamp our whole approach.

Our political leaders also need to work more closely with parents, students, and the teachers who know the best ways to improve our educational approach.

Celebrate Strengths.

We desperately need more people who can read, write, think creatively, and act responsibly. We need more creative managers, compassionate leaders, dedicated skilled workers, and altruistic professionals.

We also need people from all ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds, who have values, morals, ethics, and the persistence to get the job done. It is time to believe and passionately feel that our educational system can find better ways to prepare our young people for the challenges of the future.

The very survival of our nation and our way of life will probably depend upon young, caring, bright individuals who know how to think and feel outside of the box.

I will continue our discussion about educational reform in my next article called The Dark Secret About Education Part II.

About the Author

Mr. Eby is a Master Social Worker with more than 30 years of professional experience. He is the author of Challenging Your Dark Secret. He currently works as a therapist and counselor for Options of Southern Oregon, the local mental health agency. He has also provided online life coaching services on eBay for many years. Visit his site at www.challengedarksecret.com

Article Source: http://www.articlesphere.com/Article/The-Dark-Secret-About-Education/102748

Article Tags: reference and education, spirituality, life coaching. life coach, social work, mental health, depression, success, the secret, dark secret, addictions, challenge, gary eby, ms

This article has been viewed 28 times.

More "Reference And Education" Related Articles

Listed below are more articles related to the above article from the "Reference And Education" article category.

People interested in the above article "The Dark Secret About Education" are also interested in the related articles listed below:

Learn How To Make Change From Money Fast

Expert Author: Carla Annerino | Submitted: 2008-07-13 | Word Count: 518 | Views: 8

Not knowing how to “make change” is an underlying problem in today’s society. In this day and age, it is automatically assumed that everyone knows how to make change and that assumption is inaccurate. A high percentage of people who work with money exchange on a daily basis have trouble making change without the use of a register.

Why Study in Australia?

Expert Author: Frank Herald | Submitted: 2008-06-30 | Word Count: 719 | Views: 56

The Australia Education system offers over 12,000 courses that are recognised internationally and are of world class standards. The tuition fees and living costs to study in Australia compare better than most other countries with quality tuition being more affordable than in the UK, USA or Canada, whilst offering a safe studying environment for international students, and a standard of living that is among the highest in the world.

Basics of Academic Transcription

Expert Author: A Prasad | Submitted: 2008-06-23 | Word Count: 312 | Views: 159

Academic Transcription is the conversion into written or printed form of a spoken language source like group discussion and lecture. It can also means the conversion of a written source into another medium, such as making digital version of thesis and dissertation. It refers to the transcription of lectures, seminars, discussions held in schools, colleges and Universities and this kind of transcription is used for academic purposes.

A Tour of the Navy SEAL Museum

Expert Author: James Kara Murat | Submitted: 2008-06-20 | Word Count: 424 | Views: 169

Located at the northern part of the Hutchinson Island in Florida, the U.S. Navy SEAL Museum is nestled at the original place where the Frogmen underwent their training back in the early 1940s.

What Do Navy SEALs Do When They Retire?

Expert Author: James Kara Murat | Submitted: 2008-06-20 | Word Count: 455 | Views: 230

The U.S. Navy SEALs, or the United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land Forces, are the U.S. Navy’s elite Special Operations Forces. They conduct clandestine operations from the sea, air, and land. Navy SEALs are considered silent professionals who have acquired razor-sharp precision and are known to possess unbending standards coupled with uncompromising loyalty and sense of teamwork.

How to Identify a Fake Navy SEAL

Expert Author: James Kara Murat | Submitted: 2008-06-20 | Word Count: 460 | Views: 161

The U.S. Navy SEALs are America’s premier naval special operations force. SEAL is the acronym for Sea, Air, and Land and highlights the arenas that SEALs can operate in. Whether the U.S. military needs enemy beach defenses softened up or enemy ships destroyed in a fortified harbor, the SEALs are always prepared to serve with their distinctive capabilities.

Most Common Wrong Perceptions about U.S. Navy SEALs

Expert Author: James Kara Murat | Submitted: 2008-06-20 | Word Count: 376 | Views: 192

Navy SEALs are a top antiterrorist unit that goes to any place at any time in any weather conditions to fight for and protect the American way of life. We hear a lot of stories, frequently hair-raising ones about the U.S. Navy SEALs. The more the tales vary, the more they remain the same. Their stories can usually make one’s blood run cold. But to real U.S. Navy SEALs, these amazing tales of reckless actions are unlikely to take place or to be true.

Print Article

Comment on Article

Favorite Article

Email to Friend

Republish Article

Article Directory Home

Reference And Education

Can't find what you're looking for? Try Google Search!

(Search in 23 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, German,
Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Greek,
Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Czech, Croatian, Bulgarian)

(We serve worldwide - Locations updated as at Thursday, 24 July 2008 12:36 pm , Singapore)

United States of America, USA . United Kingdom, UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) . Canada . Afghanistan . Albania . Algeria . American Samoa . Andorra . Angola . Anguilla . Antarctica . Antigua & Barbuda . Argentina . Armenia . Aruba . Australia . Austria . Azerbaijan . Bahamas . Bahrain . Bangladesh . Barbados . Belarus . Belgium . Belize . Benin . Bermuda . Bhutan . Bolivia . Bonaire . Bosnia-Herzegovina . Botswana . Brazil . British Virgin Islands . Brunei Darrusalam . Bulgaria . Burkina Faso . Burundi . Cambodia . Cameroon . Cape Verde . Cayman Islands . Central African Republic . Chad . Channel Islands . Chile . China . Christmas Island . Colombia . Comoros . Congo . Congo (Dem. Rep.) . Cook Islands . Costa Rica . Côte d'Ivoire . Croatia . Cuba . Curacao . Cyprus . Czech Republic . Denmark . Djibouti . Dominica . Dominican Republic . East Timor . Ecuador . Egypt . El Salvador . Equatorial Guinea . Eritrea . Estonia . Ethiopia . Falkland Islands and Dependencies . Faroe Islands . Fiji . Finland . France . French Guiana . French Polynesia . Gabon . Gambia . Gaza . Georgia . Germany . Ghana . Gibraltar . Greece . Greenland . Grenada . Guadeloupe . Guam . Guatemala . Guinea . Guinea-Bissau . Guyana . Haiti . Hawaiian Islands . Honduras . Hong Kong . Hungary . Iceland . India . Indonesia . Iran . Iraq . Isle Of Man . Israel . Italy . Ivory Coast . Jamaica . Japan . Johnston Atoll . Jordan . Kazakhstan . Kenya . Kiribati . Korea (North) . Korea (South) . Kuwait . Kyrgyzstan . Laos . Latvia . Lebanon . Leeward Islands . Lesotho . Liberia . Libya . Liechtenstein . Lithuania . Luxembourg . Macau . Macedonia . Madagascar . Malawi . Malaysia . Maldives . Mali . Malta . Marshall Islands . Martinique . Mauritania . Mauritius . Mexico . Micronesia (Federated States) . Midway Islands . Moldova . Monaco . Mongolia . Montserrat . Morocco . Mosquito Coast . Mozambique . Myanmar (Burma) . Namibia . Nauru . Navassa Island . Nepal . Netherlands . Netherlands Antilles . New Caledonia . New Zealand . Nicaragua . Niger . Nigeria . Niue . Norfolk Island . Northern Mariana Islands . Norway . Oman . Pakistan . Palau . Palestine . Panama . Papua New Guinea . Paracel Islands . Paraguay . Peru . Philippines . Pitcairn Islands . Poland . Portugal . Puerto Rico . Qatar . Reunion . Romania . Russia . Rwanda . Ryukyu Islands . Saint Helena . Saint Kitts and Nevis . Saint Lucia . Saint Pierre & Miquelon . Saint Vincent & The Grenadines . Samoa . San Marino . São Tom?& Príncipe . Saudi Arabia . Senegal . Serbia . Seychelles . Sierra Leone . Singapore . Slovakia . Slovenia . Solomon Islands . Somalia . South Africa . Spain . Sri Lanka . Sudan . Suriname . Swaziland . Sweden . Switzerland . Syria . Taiwan . Tajikistan . Tanzania . Thailand . Togo . Tonga . Transkei . Trinidad & Tobago . Tunisia . Turkey . Turkmenistan . Turks and Caicos Islands . Tuvalu . US Virgin Islands . Uganda . Ukraine . United Arab Emirates . Upper Volta . Uruguay . Uzbekistan . Vanuatu . Vatican City (Holy See) . Venezuela . Vietnam . Wake Island . Windward Islands . Yemen . Yugoslavia . Zaire . Zambia . Zimbabwe

Copyright © 2005 - by Larry Lim, Singapore - Article Search Engine Directory at ArticleSphere.com™
All Rights Reserved Worldwide. All Trademarks and Servicemarks are the property of the respective owners.

Template Design by Larry Lim | Internet Marketing