and education to become
less exciting and ultimately making students uneager to be at school and
In many ways this issue could be seen as ignorance and selfishness
from the government, districts and administrators at the school. They are
not concerned with what the children are learning and how they are learning
it, but how well they are going to perform on a test at the end of the
year. As Orr relates in "What is Education For?" he says, "First, there is
the myth that ignorance is a solvable problem. Ignorance is not a solvable
problem; It is rather an inescapable part of the human condition." (What is
Education For?, Orr) If these people in charge would look back at the main
purpose of education they might be able to realize that what has transpired
is a monster of unnecessary pressure put on these students as well as the
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