The Ideal Educational System

Just like any other international aspect, education varies enormously from country to
country and is regarded equally as different. Some educational systems follow the
hierarchical ranking and distribution of students into different categories and stick to this
principle very rigorously. I, however, find that what matters most is for students to be treated
as different people with different interests which they should be encouraged to pursue.
The ideal educational system, to me, is one that values each student for their individuality
and aims to create unique people who excel in something they are passionate about, rather
than uniformize them and cut down on their potential. To achieve this, schools should offer
students the opportunity to choose what they want to study, making it possible for them to
discover where their interests and talents lie. Most teenagers find it hard to choose a path to
follow and that is mainly because they lack the experience in working with different, non-
standard school subjects.
Another aspect that should be present in an ideal educational system is the
communication between teacher and student. I believe that everyone, regardless of age,
enjoys work more if it is in the presence of someone they are comfortable with. Students
should feel at ease when talking to teachers and they should be let know that they can have
healthy discussions with them. Sharing opinions and ideas is crucial for the development of
the students’ imagination, critical thinking and communication skills which will stick with them
later in life and which are important qualities to have no matter what they decide to do later
on. School should be an environment where they feel understood, accepted and protected,
they should be offered support there if they can’t find it anywhere else. They should be
reassured that their opinion matters to ensure that they will keep coming up with new,
potentially great ideas, and express them properly.
Lastly, I consider that, not only should students be taught an expected amount of basic
knowledge, but also reasoning skills. It is very common for schools to stress the importance
of having a certain amount of knowledge in different fields based especially on memory, but
disregard the significance of efficient communication, logical reasoning and, essentially,
prospering in a society. I think that, besides the standardised subjects studied in school, kids
should have practical lessons in which they are asked to interact with each other, share and
defend points of view and learn first-hand how to behave in a society.
We have a long way to go if we want to achieve an ideal educational system, but some
countries are now realising the importance of socialisation and introspection for refining a
person's character and skills, and are making changes for the better. I hope that other
countries will soon follow and that is for the well-being of the individual, as well as the entire
society they are part of.