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[/caption]I am reminded of one of most famous rebel Icon of our times, Che Guevera and his time in Bolivia.
Although neither I am a historian or an expert on this subject but according to my limited perspective - one of the most important factor of failure of revolution in Bolivia was "People of Bolivia, actually did not want any revolution ! " They were too blinded by whatever the system was, doesn't matter how unfair or rotten ! They were fooled by a partial pseudo revolution (agrarian reforms of 1950s). Che Guevera and his fellow rebels hardly got any support from locals. Ofcourse, there were many other issues but certainly one major factor for failure of the revolution was - "People did not value the revolution at all or just didn't trust it ! "
I feel the same is the case with Educational revolution in our modern World. It is bound to fail because the people don't seem to be wanting it ! Only handful of people go on shouting the need for revolution but unless the locals support it - it is just gonna fail. Majority seems to be satisfied with the pseudo revolutions (the so called educational reforms).
Just go around the city and ask a few kids in schools - what changes do you want in your education ? They don't have an answer, and if they have one -it's just a reaction. They might just demand little more time, space and freedom.
Go and ask the parents - What changes do you want in your child's education ? They'll certainly give some second hand answers like "Make it more child friendly." , "Make it more fun..and practical.." Most don't have a mind of their own for they care least.
Go and ask Teachers - What changes you want in your system ? He/She'll respond from his own little frustrated stand in his/her school. " Give me more freedom to experiment." , "Give us more tools and resources."
Go and ask Politicians and Corporate Leaders, What change you'd like to see ? , They are most likely to respond - more employable youth, more workforce - so that they can keep the game of economy going.
No one wants a true radical change in education system, Infact we are all avoiding it.
The moment we propose a radically different way of living, way of educating - very few actually wanna try and trust.
Conservatives might argue that without a solid alternate system, noone will shift grounds and a revolution with no clear alternative is useless. Perhaps ! But to have that better alternate education system there has to be a unrest with current system. There has to be a deep sense of rebellion against current system. It is just so funny to observe the world around and find no trace of it, in spite of the fact that current system has produced nothing but a divided humanity and a selfish man.
Nevertheless, I like the approach of Che Guevera. Keep fighting if you know why are you fighting ! Winning and Loosing, left to themselves. I wish the Che Gueveras and rebels of educational world can prove history wrong and bring about a true revolution inspite of the blinded majority.
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