After looking at the movie about educational paradigms again, I have a few thoughts. It is true that the current education system is built on the image of industrialization, as children are seperated into different batches by age. It is also true that the current education system is very sharply defined. You either be academic, or non-academic. You are either considered to be smart, or not smart. A very sad example of this system would be the education system in Singapore. Recently, the government passed a new law: that the capability of a student of going to a proper college would be decided in grade 4. At such a terribly young age, these Singaporean students are met with the pressure of succeeding academically. Of course, many have succeeded under our current educational system, however, many have been oppressed by it (like Bill Gates, who was forced to study a myriad of different subjects in Harvard, and as a result, he could not concentrate on what he wanted most, which was computer programming). On the other hand, although the current education system has some great flaws, people who do not fit under the education system should not wait until it is reformed. People should experiment and find the best circumstances for themselves to learn. However, human nature has never changed since history of mankind began. Sadly, there are normally undesirable traits like laziness mixed in our gene pools. My point in mentioning this is that there are many people who know they do not fit under the current education system and do not try to find what is most suitable for themselves. They wait for things to happen and waste their whole life wishing for something to happen.
The second part of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time greatly influenced my thinking. I learned how love plays such an important role in a family. Near the end of the second part, it is revealed to the reader that Christopher's father had lied to Christopher about his mother's death. His mother had gone with Mr. Shears to England. If this story happened to anyone else, it would be hard to accept once the person knows the truth. However, this story would be even harder for Christopher to accept, since he is an autistic child, and he would be less proficient in understanding abstract feelings like love. My family gets along really well, so I am not met with family difficulties. I find that love is like the air. Sometimes, you do not feel it, but when you do not have enough if it, you find that you really need it. One should not take love (or anything else) for granted.
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