反思饶舌《献给现代教育体制的诉状》

一位美国小伙子拍了一个模拟法庭审判视频，控诉美国现代的教育制度。是的，他控诉的是美国教育制度，但是，中国教育制度有过之而无不及。

小哥控诉了美国教育制度的三宗罪：没有给孩子个性化教育、老师收入太低、标准考试太落后。总体意思是这样的：

每个学生都有不同的需求、不同的天赋、不同的梦想，而现代的教育却用同样的方式教导同样的东西 …

他叫Prince Ea，他经常用rap的方式来讨论重大社会话题，所以被称为“饶舌诗人”，他的表演，比一般的演讲要更为震撼!虽然只有五分钟，但发人深省!

是的! 科技在发展，手机、汽车同比150年前有着颠覆性的变化，而学校的课堂呢?依旧是一位老师站前面讲，几十个孩子整齐坐在下面听，需要举手提问。几乎没有改变。学校是在为学生的未来做准备还是过去?

如果一个医生给所有的病人开同样的药，后果不堪设想。但这正是我们教育的现状，这就是教育误诊(Educational Malpractice)。

医生能够动心脏手术拯救孩子的生命，一个好的老师可以触及孩子的内心，让TA活出自己的生命。而教师的工资却远不及医生，更别提在标准测评体制下工作，没有什么自主选择权老师又能做什么呢?

现代的汽车，APP，网站都在做个性化服务，而教学模式呢?连发明标准化测试的Frederick.J.Kelly都说“这些测验too crude to use!应该被废弃!”

人类没有两个相同的大脑，“一试同仁”就是公平么?

让一只鱼去爬树，只能让鱼自惭形秽一辈子!

我们还要继续这么残酷的行为吗?

现在的学生只占我们总人口的20%，但他们是我们100%的未来。

视频里，还引用了爱因斯坦的名言：

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,it will live its whole life believing that it’s stupid.

“每个人都是天才。但如果你用爬树能力来断定一条鱼有多少才干，它整个人生都会相信自己愚蠢不堪。”

看完这段视频也许你会想：

教育制度不改变，我们改变了有什么用?是不是反而会害了孩子呢?

其实，一些重大的、实质性的制度变革往往是从非正式规则的“边际”上开始的。制度变迁一般都是先由习俗、观念等日常行为规则的微小调整启动的，经过很长时间累积达到一定程度以后，逐渐从量变到质变，最后才获得实质性的制度创新或变革。

教育思想、教育理念的变革和教育体制、教育机构的创新相辅相成。先有道，后有术。人才培养模式的创新、课程体系、教学内容和教学方法的创新，都不可能先行于教育思想和理念的更新。

中国的教育制度不是没有改变，而是这些年来一直在不断地探索革新之路。然而，这些改革所遇到的最大的阻力之一，来源于家长。因此，仅仅等待并且指望政府引领是不够的，首先应该改变的，是我们自己。

关注每一个学生的内心，而不是为了“我们共同的目标”

那么人类还有救……

以下是演讲原文 ：

Albert Einstein once said: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will lead its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today on trial we have modern day schooling. Glad you could come. Not only does he make fish climb trees, but also makes them climb down, and do a 10 mile run.

Tell me school, are you proud of the things you’ve done? Turning millions of people into robots, do you find that fun? Do you realize how many kids relate to that fish, swimming upstream in class, never finding their gifts, thinking they are stupid, believing they are useless?

Well, the time has come, no more excuses, I call school to the stand and accuse them of killing creativity, individuality, and being intellectually abusive.

It’s an ancient institution that has outlived its usage. So, your honour, this concludes my opening statement, and if I may present the evidence of my case, I will prove it. Exhibit A.

Here’s a modern day phone, recognize it? Here’s a phone from 150 years ago. Big difference, right? Stay with me. Here’s a car from today. And here’s a car from 150 years ago. Big difference, right? Well, get this. Here’s a classroom of today. And here’s a class we used 150 years ago [gasps from the audience].

Now, ain’t that a shame. In literally more than a century, nothing has changed. Yet, you claim to prepare students for the future? But whatever if it’s like that I must ask: do you prepare students for the future or the past?

I did a background check on you, and let the records show that you were made to train people to work in factories, which explains why you put students in straight rows, nice and neat, let them raise your hand if you want to speak, give them a short break to eat and for eight hours a day tell them what to think. Oh, and make them compete to get an A, a letter which determines product quality. It’s grade A of meat. I get it, back then times were different. We all have a past. I myself am no Gandhi.

But today, we don’t need to make robot zombies. The world has progressed, and now we need people who think creatively, innovatively, critically, independently, with the ability to connect. See, every scientist will tell you that no two brains are the same.

And every parent with two or more children will confirm that claim. So, please explain why you treat students like cookie cutter frames, or snap back hats, giving them this ‘one size fits all’ crap [‘watch your language’, ‘sorry your honour’].

But if a doctor proscribed the exact same medicine to all of his patients, the results would be tragic, so many people would get sick, yet, when it comes to school this is exactly what happens.

This educational malpractice, where one teacher stands in front of 20 kids, each one having different strengths, different needs, different gifts, different dreams, and you teach the same thing the same way? That’s horrific. Ladies and gentlemen, the defendant should not be acquitted, this may be one of the most criminal offences ever to be comitted. And let’s mention the way you treat your employees.

[‘objection’, ‘overruled, I want to hear this!’] It’s a shame, I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet, yet they are underpaid.

No wonder so many students are short changed. Let’s be honest: teachers should earn just as much as doctors, because a doctor can do heart surgery and save the life of a kid, but a great teacher can reach the heart of that kid and allow him to truly live.

So teachers are heroes that often get blamed, but they are not the problem. They work in a system without many options or rights. Curriculums are created by policy makers, most of which have never taught a day in their life, just obessed with standardized tests. They think bubbling in a multiple choice question will determine success.

That’s outlandish. In face, these tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned, but don’t take my word for it, take Frederick J. Kelly, the man who invented standardized testing, who said, and I quote: “These tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned.” Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if we continue down this road, the results will be lethal.

I don’t have much faith in school, but I do have faith in people, and if we can customize healthcare, cars and Facebook pages, then it is our duty to do the same for education, to upgrade and change and do away with school spirit because that is useless, unless we are working to bring the spirit out of each and every student: that should be our task.

No more common core. Instead, let’s reach the core of every heart in every class. Sure, math is important, but no more than art or dance. Let’s give every gift an equal chance. I know this sounds like a dream, but countries like Finland are doing impressive things.

They have shorter school days, teachers make a decent wage, homework is non-existent and they focus on collaboration instead of competition. But here’s the kicker, boys and girls, their educational system outperforms every other country in the world.

Other places like Singapore are succeeding rapidly. Schools like Montessori, programs like Khan academy, There is no single solution, but let’s get moving, because while students are 20% of our population, they are 100% of our future. So let’s attend to their dreams, and there’s no telling what we can achieve.

This is a world in which I believe, a world where fish are no longer forced to climb trees.

I rest my case.