May: A Moment In Hindsight

"Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction."
Adolf Hitler


I believe that universal education is virtually impossible to a certain degree. Universal education attempts to create an 'everyone that are the same', and evidently on this planet we are not all the same. Our earth holds a wide variety of cultures, beliefs and, most importantly, wide variety of ways for learning. Within the microcosm of our our general society-no matter where you live- we cannot always have a uniform way for learning. Education must be ever expanding in terms of creating diverse platforms for those learning about subjects that interest them the most.
Moreover, I chose this quote specifically due to the situation that occurred in my course. A teacher once told us, upon becoming a teacher ourselves, that we must not 'go along to get along.' We need to be strong a fight for what we believe in. For example, to change rules in the ways of teaching and to believe in ourselves, when no one else will, so to find the light that helps us keep our determination and motivation and to keep pushing through until we see results. In saying this, we shall not forget to keep respect and honor others opinion whilst being diligent in our journey. This may not always be the case, and it all depends on the situation.
I finally did it though! As a student I stood up for what I believed was wrong in what I was being taught. In fact, nothing was being taught and I spoke aloud and freely to the this specific teacher about it. Needless to say my grades went from A+Honors in the first term to Ds in the next term. But what are letters and numbers to define who we are? A way to make us feel guilty about how another individual's subjective judgments are reflected upon us. The real lesson was to find out how many times I would let someone walk all over me because they think they are in a higher position.