How a Child Processes Information

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
-Confuscious

Confuciuos. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/confucius136802.html

When I read this quote it lets me know how children really process information. I just can't tell them. I have to give them hands on activities so they can remember.

College Should Be in High School

I have always said that teenagers should earn their degree in high school and the state pays for it rather than going to college to learn your degree. To me it is a perfect opportunity for teenagers to focus more on what they want to learn instead of what the state say they should learn. For example, I do not use Algebra, Chemistry, Geometry, and most of World History in my day to day life. Only thing that was really useful was English or Language Arts. I would have been better off studying Psychology in high school. The point is that children should be measured on their own intelligence. If a child is good at music, measure that intelligence. If a child is an artist, measure them on that intelligence. I am good at studying behaviors, I would have rather been measured on that intelligence. This country would definitely would have less drop outs.

Meanwhile in China, they have developed a system called high-stakes testing centuries ago. They teach their children through intense rote memorization. They have long hours of school and tons of homework. Of course they test, test, and test to see who the best student is. The teachers keep their jobs based on how well their student’s academic achieve maybe (Mathews, 2014).

I would love to develop a school where they learn skills that can be used right out of high school like it used to be. No offense Walden University. You are a great school but I wish I would have taken these courses in high school 1996-1999.

Mathews, J. (2014). Don’t Go Overboard Praising China’s Schools. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dont-go-overboard-praising-chinas-schools/2014/02/09/bbd51248-8edc-11e3-b227-12a45d109e03_story.html