There's an argument to say that schools are institutions and that children who for in school will fit in large businesses. That the behaviours expected and encouraged in a school will be very similar to those in businesses. That is you can control and modify your behaviour to be successful in school then you are gaining skills that will enable you to operate in a law company or the NHS or an insurance boardroom offer the police or banking.... You get the picture. But... Successful entrepreneurs (Alan Sugar, Richard Branson) Will be often argue that they didn't do well in school because they didn't fit. They couldn't work in an institution unless they were the boss. Most children grow up top be employees so school works for them. A few children are successful without investing their soul in am institution and school worked for them in the sense that they learnt how to buck the system and thrive as an outsider. The real problem are those children that don't enjoy school and end up not being successful, happy, productive (not just in an economic sense) members of society. Meeting their needs is a challenge. Are we up to meeting it?
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Increasingly, business is much more fluid and so far ahead of the current system. I would like to see a system that identifies and harnesses the passions of every child and supports them to nurture the importance of those and how they can effectively grow them and communicate them. Business is crying out to hear more about why they should employ someone and learn more about them. The balance between a grade and a passion needs to shift. They can actually be held in equal regard by many. One hat does not fit all but enabling children to embrace passions, progress them, record them and communicate them effectively and with integrity together with sharing their records and achievements in these areas would be great. I am aware of many employers that now look upon these elements of more worthy of a position than those with just a grade. There is a blend to be found and it just needs the right structures. Business would love to see more of that. I am sure.