Crticial Thinking Week Six- WORLD AROUND US

“The subjects we learn in school provide the most effective tools with which to understand the world around us.”
Do you agree or disagree?

I disagree with this statement. I belief that the subjects we learn in school are effective and useful but only to a certain extent.To understand the world around us we have to be knowledgeable about our mother Earth and be able to understand and perform everyday tasks. Traditional schools today offer the same usual subjects such as English, maths, science, history, physical education, health and a language.

Many different skills are needed to understand the world around us. Maths and English are involved in almost everything we do, without having any knowledge of it we wouldn’t be able to face simple tasks such as applying for a job or counting money. During one of our class sessions we debated whether we should learn history or not, it was a mix of yes and no. From one point of view we could say that we should focus on the future and not the past but than without history how would we be able to know what went right and what went wrong: we could learn from people’s mistakes.

All the subjects we learn in school expand our knowledge on certain things but there are also many skills that schools don’t teach. When I helped out at RAW’s Community Garden and the Permablitz workshop I learnt a new set of skills that were essential to understanding the world around us. Not only did I learn about food wastage and recycling but also the beauty of getting a group of people together to help each other out while socialising and having fun. Hearing Mariam’s voice (the person who started the RAW community garden) really change my perspective of things and I became more aware of our planet Earth.

Overall I believe that we should keep all the subjects we learn at school but we should also include more.