The Birth of the Problem.
In the United States education has become a part of our everyday lives. As children we are sent into schools where we learn how to explore the most foreign and creative parts of our imaginations, but as we age, the idea of continually stimulating these aspects of our minds suddenly seems to fall to the wayside as our brains are injected with facts and statistics and endless definitions of more "necessary" topics. However while we are busy filling our brains with seemingly important details we are losing a part of our cognitive functions that is crucial to our global community.
The history of education has dated back to the furthest corners of the prehistoric time. Just like any other type of evolution education has developed to fit its ever changing environment. Over the past century it has evolved into a structured, scheduled, and organized system in which students between the age of 5 and 18 spend 73% of their adolescent years. However over the last 50 years the education model has begun to plateau and halt any of its beneficial adaptations. Here lies the roots of the problem; our education system is experiencing a crisis which needs to be addressed before it begins to spiral out of control. A new breed of learners is arising and with this our schools must learn to shift to the specific needs and teach students in the most effective and engaging way possible.