Constant Immersion and Emergence
Constant Immersion and Emergence
I hate the word reform. Well, let me put in another way, I hate how language, like the words reform, rigorous, and higher standards, has been hijacked by a standard imagery of the never-ending critique of traditional education, without actual changes to the core, instead, choosing to emphasize changes on the periphery.
The contentions of language such as reform, system, rigor and higher standards, nowadays encapsulate the idea of failure, rather than success. No longer do we equate reform with new formation, but rather, with previous process that had failed, or changed small elements to an industrialized system.
Higher standards is no longer considered a personal or communal reach for authentic growth, but now is considered a dangerous suggestion of standard approach, standardized tests and arbitrary hierarchical levels.
Since the suggestions of the previous words (and ones that appear exhausted, such as revolution, free, and