Jiggy Giroux

Giroux describes his critical pedagogy in the means of education as a the development of democratic public spheres. He believes that education is linked to a greater understanding of concepts and skills that create a well rounded, self suffient individual. I would have to agree with his notion of developing real skills that incourage risk, courage and personal voice. Often in our public education, even today, it seems like a factory of students all learning the same required information. Students lose the oppurtunity to find themselves in our present educational system that promotes a sense of unified learning, not individual acheivements. It is only at the college level that students begin to make real choices for themselves that allows for personal growth and discovery. Shouldnt this be happening earlier in the educational process? Were is the freedom to explore in public education up through high school? I believe that a transformation of the educational process will have to happen in order for our nation to continue growth and compeat with other nations. Though better than most countries, the US still needs to develop better systems of education that focus on the individual student rather than whole states and counties. Too much is put on preformance of large groups of kids rather than the personal education that takes place everyday. I think that having more career planning and thought earlier in the process would take so much pressure off college students who are still searching for careers. The school system needs to be a growth process that promotes achievement not just passing a class that you never wanted to take. Take classes you love and love what you do, our age is of constant requirments that leave students tierd of the schooling process.