A thought about why are going to schools

A lot has been said lately about the state of education in the country: the cost of schools and universities, the quality of teachers, how many hours people spent in a classroom, how many professionals we have in the end of a years and how many find jobs or not. But not much has been said about schools as a living place, with the exception of alternative ways of learning, which are generally excluded from the big picture of education.
Before start talking why I consider this important I want to go depth about a living place. When I refer to a school as a living place I’m pointing to all the social life that happens amount the students, which take place during a considerable amount of time.
The reason of why I consider this quality an important one is because of the great potential that it has like a tool to prepare students as social beings, and not only that, it can also prepare them for discussion about academic and daily themes, about empathy, in the end, to prevent the bubble that affect to most of students today who when finish their studies “don’t know nothing”.

This can be helped by strengthen the dialogue amount students about their reality, encouraging them to see the world beyond the classroom so they can have an active voice, and so, taking advantage of that time we can create student with the ability to see the world with others eyes and involves themselves with the actual scenery.

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