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[Poll] Science, curiosity and education
May 21, 2010 - 01:50 AM
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How would we live our life if it wasn’t for science? We don’t know because we all forgot how life was before science made its first step on our planet. We can’t even imagine how we, humans, can survive in a jungle, without being able to communicate with family and friends. It’s inconceivable because science changes the way we live and we are still in the process of changing lifestyle. Diving in the electronic era, computers have found their way in our living, in our education, in our mentality but for science to progress, we need to form new technicians, new engineers and new scientists who are willing to create progress in this magnificent world of ours but that is not a problem. The problem is that people have no idea of what’s happening around them. Astronomer Carl Sagan evokes the fact that we are made from the cosmos and we are the way to understand the cosmos but how many people do care? They are constantly surrounded by new technology like iPhones, netbooks, but they never feel the need to ask about how those new high-tech gadgets are made. People have absolutely no interest in science. They find that science is dull, weak and useless but they are wrong. Science is much more than what we think: It is rich of mysteries at a point where it’s unimaginable. Plus, knowing about what surrounds you rewards you with a more complex, complete and realistic view of how is made reality. “If you’re scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you”, Neil DeGrasse Tyson says. It could be out of interest for some people and it’s understandable but it’s unbelievable to see that about 90% of people never thought about following science class to understand laws of nature. Apparently, the problem seems to be generated by every person’s individual choices but the root of this problematic resides within education’s way of functioning. Since 3rd grade, when we were small kids as high as our own chair, biology made its appearance in class, trying to show us, kids, as uncorrupted as we were, as naive as we were, about how nature is filled with beauty and interest, yet not at a quantitative level of approach. At least three quarters of the class did feel a clean impression of attraction towards beginner level science but as time was passing, people started to lose interest. Why is it so? This problem concerns the science program system. School is focusing too much on the technical aspect of science instead of focusing on comprehension. That’s why people find science so dull. Resolving equations is really intricate for a lot of us. So basically, the education system needs to rearrange itself in order to give science the respect it needs to have by showing more qualitative science to high school students. Evidently, making a radical change to the education system is not really realizable alone but if more people joins to the cause, then we could make a difference. Briefly said, changing the education to apply more qualitative sciences at a younger age would grow interest into their hearts and so they are willing to understand how the universe works around and inside them in order to be scientifically literate. That’s why science programs must be changed. As an alternative, I decided to contribute to this cause by making free science class open to the wide public, kids or adults.
This post was edited on: 2010-05-21 at 01:40 PM by: Patrick
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