A Speech On Modern Schooling

“Everybody’s genius But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. My speech today is about modern schooling. In the world of evolution and technology revolution nothing has changed in the teaching systems for more than a century, isn’t that a shame!. Do schools are even proud of the things that they have done? by turning million of people into robots that think on the same way ?, yet they claim that they prepare students for the future, but may I ask you, do you prepare them for the future or for the past ?. Back then times were different, but the world has progressed, we need people who are independent and think innovatively, creatively, critically, with an ability to clamp.

let me tell you what people would tell you,, provides you with an opportunity to be successful,it increases your chances of getting a job ,your life will be a lot less stressful, and education is the key . And parents will tell you to make them proud. But let’s look at the statistics, Steve Jobs has a net worth 7 billions, Oprah Winfrey’s net worth 2.7 billions, Mark Zuckerberg, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates, looking at these individuals what is your conclusion? Non of them have graduated from a higher learning institution, yet they are successful. Some of you will assert that money does not measure an individual’s success, and others will claim that they do not do it for the money, so what are studying for? To work for a charity ? or do you need more clarity ?.Let me give you an example ; Mohammed (peace be upon him), Jesus, Beethoven, Malcolm X, Shakespeare, and Mohammed Ali, were either these people unsuccessful or uneducated ? All what is I am saying that hard work and education is the key but the school is the lock. Because it rarely can develop our mind as we perceive what ever we have been told and continue to go unless someone tells us to stop. They claim that schools expands your visions and your horizons, but in fact the examiners have a check list, and if your answer is something that is outside of the box the automatic response is a cross. Education is about inspiring ones mind not just filling their head. However, I am not saying that school is evil and there is nothing to gain, all what i am saying is that you have to believe in your goals, reassess your aims, and understand your motives, because if you don’t want a job working for someone else than work on yourself ,and Tony Gaskins say “ If you don’t build your dreams someone else will hire you to help build