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The word ‘school’ has its origin from Greek word skhole which means leisure. School is a created institution where learning is imparted to an individual under the guidance of an individual who is known to be more experienced than the pupils of the class. Practices of education or the different notions of learning are all based on certain assumptions about the nature of human beings their capacities and the relationship they share with the rest of the world.
What is artificial? Anything that is opposite the supposed natural is artificial? But where and how does one decide or draw a line saying where natural ends and artificial begins.
A social construct is a term used to describe something that is created by the society because they obviously …show more content…

This network of ideas, opinions about oneself is both a cognitive achievement and an understanding of oneself. So school serves to build a healthy self-concept. One also acquires a set of habits, preferences and skills which retains into their adulthood. But again the above mentioned reasons can also be learnt from a home environment, not necessary to have this structure ‘school’ to build these. Though this might be true the attitude of acceptance of individual differences, respecting the dignity of another child can come only when one is left to interact with children of same age group and such a rich environment cannot be …show more content…

I agree with this statement that it is an illusion where we all think teaching is what contributes to an individual’s learning, it might to an extent but we also learn and acquire knowledge a lot more in fact outside the four walls of a classroom setting. And as we moved a long in our history of living on earth I feel that schools are becoming an alien concept and will become one soon for the forthcoming generations. This is also told by John T Gatto an American school teacher. After a point schools seem to work like industries wanting to produce certain kind of people for the beneficial of the world and its functioning.
A lot more research is needed to clarify and find the causal reasons relations behind schooling.

References:
Cole, M. (2005). Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspectives on the Developmental Consequences of Education, (p 204-208). Human Development, 2005, Vol 48.

Ranganathan, N (2000), The Primary School Child, Development and Education (pg. 136-138, 141-151), Hyderabad, Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd.

Mukunda, K (2009). What Did You Ask at School Today? (pg. 128-146). Harper Collins

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