Educational Metaphor

When I think of a pyramid it reminds me of the education process. There are many different levels to a pyramid as there are different levels in education in all different ways. Education has many different levels of learners. Students do not all learn in the same ways. Some students learn really well by visually seeing the information they need to learn. Other students like to hear the lectured words come out of the teachers mouth and they learn better that way by hearing the information rather than viewing pictures or diagrams. Also, there are different levels of school. A student in 1st grade clearly doesn't know as much as the students in 5th grade. Just the in the pyramid, it takes time for the pyramid to make its way from the first level to the very top. Once you do make it to the top level, it is a great feeling because they have came all that way and accomplished so much. I see that being relevant to accomplishing each grade in schooling, from when you start elementary school in first grade to when you are graduating in 5th, by the end it makes you feel so good when you look back at the earlier years. I think the purpose of education is learning as much as you can learn and working towards that certain goal that you know you can get to. Weather it be achieving that goal within one grade range or achieving that goal from the beginning of your education career to the end of it. It is important for students to learn about social problems as well. Students should be taught about things that are going on around them, they should have intelligence on civic education. If this is taught in schools, in the future there will be more people getting involved in different issues that are taking place such as voting. In this course I have learned that there are many different approaches to teaching. Not all students learn well with all the approaches that are out there. Also, there might be multiple different learning's in the classroom but the teacher needs to find a way to fit everybody's needs. I also learned that teachers really need to make a connection with their students. They cant treat them in different ways because they can really affect other students in the classroom. Students today need a lot of discipline to focus on what they need to get accomplished. In my experience, I think that it really helps the students and also the teacher if the students have a set of objectives that they are expected to accomplish. All students are bright in their own educational way, and they will achieve their own goals in their on way, at their own speed. In education I also this that there should be a lot of enforcement.