Brave New World/Education

Well well. I saw the video by Sir Ken Robinson and thought that, to an extent, it was pretty darn interesting! I loved the whole parallel about how society has separated students by age thinking that it’s correct and how they “manufacture” the students. (I personally don’t think that age should separate students. It should be how willing they are to adapt and how fast of learners they are.) But I was like, “Whoa! That’s so wickedly true!” And to me, it seems very accurate because teachers/parents tell their students/children how to receive a degree and that when they do, that’s the only way they’ll succeed. Sir Robinson states, “…this is in the gene pool that there are only 2 types of people: academic, and non academic. Those that are smart and the non smart.” And if you saw him drawing, you would have noticed another similar part where Robinson drew a boy being shoved by a man off the path, in the face. It’s almost like if you aren’t willing to succeed in education and hold the same standards that society has set for you then you’re automatically unwanted. In the novel Brave New World by Aldrous Huxley "… all wear green," said a soft but very distinct ... voice, beginning in the middle of a sentence, "and Delta Children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly colour. I'm so glad I'm a Beta." (There’s another long quote but I guess I won’t throw it in here). But do you understand? It’s like they’ve (all the characters in the novel) have been manufactured to be a certain way, a certain type, and if they’re not ‘like them’ than that makes everyone else the ‘different’ ones. For society here, it’s the same way! If we aren’t smart, and aren’t willing to work hard and do well, we’re automatically pushed under the bus and considered not smart.