In a recent newspaper article, the writer English Rafael Argullol says that some of the best professors are leaving their country of education. Identified as a major cause of this disturbing situation, the intellectual disinterestedness warn their students. Notes that teachers do not feel offended by the ignorance, but for the lack of interest shown their students. This means that not only prove that completely ignore basic concepts, but, fundamentally, such ignorance is no problem for young people, who, he says, "trained in the impunity in ignorance, do not believe the favorable weight that knowledge may contribute to its future supplies. "
This is not merely a reflection of a widespread phenomenon: the indifference shown by the society know that these young people up, because today is favored over the true value. Argullol notes: "After the eyes absent-sleepier than dreamers of his young charges, illustrated veterans warn the general apathy of society compared to the old promises of wisdom. What to prefer knowledge, which is a long and complex, immediate possession utilitarianism? ". We managed to infect young antiilustrado climate that characterizes our time that are not valued" neither good nor true nor beauty, antiquities illustrated, but only use: the use of life is what you have around you. "
This reflection, which reflects the reality that is seen in modern day, accounting for much of the crisis of meaning through education. We are faced with the paradox of a society which claims the importance of knowledge, indeed, who considers herself "Knowledge society", but that does not value this knowledge and even seldom not actively fight the facts.
Many young people are the mirror of the prevailing climate in society and, indeed, make his disinterest in militant ignorance, forming an expanding group that displays such contempt not hide a certain pride. Showing heroically resistant to any influence that society deemed unfit for use, boasting the hedonism they see in their elders and, like them, are suspicious of anything that has some flavor to old. Fails to see that technology, which drives unbridled consumption, has its origin precisely in the fundamentals theorists that developed with great effort, in response to the challenge posed to the ideals of previous generations of knowledge.
Recently, President Barack Obama, United States, decided to speak directly with students at the beginning of the school year this year. From a middle school in Arlington, Virginia, went on television to the assembled students in all schools in his country, a move that generated an interesting debate in public opinion, as some groups thought they saw in it the purpose of indoctrinating youth. In a remarkable speech, which should read the leaders worldwide, "said they had referred on numerous occasions to education. Who had spoken of the responsibility of teachers to inspire their students and encouraging them to learn. Which he had referred to the need for parents to monitor closely the performance of their children, checking that conduct their monitoring tasks and not spend all hours of the day watching television or video games. Noted that the responsibility belongs to the government to establish high standards and to support teachers and school boards, improving the situation of those that do not work properly and the students do not achieve good levels of learning. "But he said ultimately although we have the most dedicated teachers, with parents more likely to support the educational work with the best schools in the world, none of that matters unless you meet all their responsibilities, unless attending these schools, unless pay attention to these teachers, unless they listen to their parents, grandparents, other adults and, above all, unless you are willing to do the hard work it takes to succeed. Each of you is ultimately responsible for their own education. "
educated is a responsibility to oneself because everyone has the capacity for something, everyone has something to offer." And you, "said Obama-have a responsibility to yourselves to find out what that capacity with that count. That's the opportunity that education provides. "He listed several situations:" They can be great writers, but will not know until you write the work required of them to the language class, innovators and inventors, but I find just in developing their project for science class, political leaders, but that the government should study and join discussion groups. To wish to undertake any task that need a good education? No one leaves school and arrives just in a good job. For that need training, work and learn. "
highlighted as central idea that, apart from this personal responsibility, what do youth with their education will decide the fate of society in which they live. "The future of America depends on each one of you," said the president, because what they learn in school today will determine whether we as a nation, we can meet the great challenges of the future? We need every one of you develop their talents, skills and intellect so that they can help older people to solve our toughest problems. If they do not only leave yourself, but will be leaving his country. "
"The position where they are now, "he said does not have to determine what place in society. No one has written destiny for you, because here you write your own destiny. You build your own future. "And he supported this statement with an emotional account of the difficulties he faced in his life, mentioning the support with which to make her dream was so attend the best schools in the country. Finally, urged young people to take responsibility for their own lives, to set goals for their education, to engage and work seriously to achieve them, using those who can assist them.
expressed concern that Obama is the same that otherwise and in a different society, raised Argullol: the urgent need to highlight the importance of educating, to assume personal responsibility. In children and young people of school age it is manifested in the demonstration of interest in learning. If those who come to the educational institutions that make it devoid of interest, everything else is useless.
Therefore, the task we face is daunting, it is nothing less than to recreate that interest young people in the work of teachers, to convey the scale of their responsibility to themselves and to society to integrate.
Parents and teachers should renew Partnership to undertake the reconstruction of the interest of their children and students for knowledge and thus to undertake the task of becoming human. If this is not achieved, if students do not attend schools but customers or visitors in search of entertainment, curricula, classrooms, computers, books, will lack all meaning. Children and young people leave school having missed the opportunity education affords them to discover and develop their skills. In addition, the society we live, composed of ignorant, will never be as recited but still so far away "knowledge society."
