This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition To change the education system so that it is not just regurgitating information
kids don’t reach there full creativity and potential because of our school system. They should put the focus on learning not testing. we get force fed information and then throw it back out into a test. That’s not education that’s bulimia. Kids have different dreams but we teach them the same way.
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Why do we teach all kids the same thing if a doctor prescribed the same thing to everyone it would cause chaos. Some evidence of this is
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.”
Nonacademic Effects of Homework in Privileged, High-Performing High Schools
There are many other sources you can check on verified news outlets or study’s.
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