Young minds are moldable, ever questioning and forever wondering. They need a certain form of education to help them do so. Romanticism allow for students to excel in are that are their strengths, while Perennialism allows for only their weaknesses to be shown and highlighted, with now personal growth in other activities which may not be academic.. Growing up and learning is about asking question and receiving the answers that one needs in order to expand their mind, not about testing them to not end. Students from kindergarten all the way to the college would benefit from a form of Romanticism being utilized in the classroom. In contrast, students that are in a perennialistic setting will only be tested to their mental limits, which will not help motivate them in their educational endeavors.
             Romanticism has been noted to be highly influential in the areas of early childhood and elementary education. When a young mind finds something that interests them, they will often ask as many questions as they can until they are able to study the topic on their own. (Ryan 278) We need to turn on the miracle of a child's wonder that we encounter every day, and turn-off standardized testing that places them unfairly and burns out their inquisitive and amazing young minds. Perennialsim does not allow the student to question what is being taught, the student is imply there to learn what is presented to them and not ask otherwise.(Ryan 291) Teaching is about nurturing and expanding young minds and making them realizes that there are no limits and that the future is their. By encouraging Romanticism with some modern techniques added the future will have the world at their finger tips.
             Living in a world built upon paranoia we are in a constantly struggle to find the best way to educate our youth about social issues and other academic areas, but what is the best way? To lessen our fears of society and the world's evils we find ourselves o...