I think a lot of this has to do with the educational environment. The encouragement of competitiveness and achievement have been all but completely removed, if I'm not mistaken. It's nearly impossible to fail until you get to college or university.
I think much of it has to do with the style of teaching as well. Many students don't respond well to being lectured at and then told to write down what they've learned. They'd rather engage in a two-way communication, or at least have a more hands-on and engaging experience. And it's even more so the case today because kids are used to that because of the Internet and other technologies they've grown up with.
Class sizes are too big. I'm guessing that's a big problem too.
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Originally Posted by amonkie
Education has lost its value in our society when it becomes something everyone can get.
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I sometimes wish I didn't go beyond high school.
