I JUST SUED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM!
By Prince Ea
同志社国際中学校

３年

南井彩

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中学生―Ｄ部門

Albert Einstein once said: “Everybody’s a genius. But if you judge a fishby its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it isstupid.”
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today on trial we have Modern-day
schooling. Glad you could come. Not only does he make fish climb trees, butalso makes them climb down and do a 10 mile run.
Tell me, school, do you realize how many kids relate to that fishswimming upstream in class? Never finding their gifts, thinking they arestupid, believing they are useless.
Well the time has come; no more excuses. I call school to the stand andaccuse him of killing creativity, individuality and being intellectually abusive.
His ancient institution has outlived his usage.
So, your honor, this concludes my opening statement and if I may present
the evidence of my case I will prove it.
Exhibit A: here’s a modern day phone; recognize it? Here’s a phone from150 years ago. Big difference, right? Stay with me.
Here’s a car today and here’s a car from 150 years ago. Big difference,right?
Well get this: here’s a classroom of today and here’s a classroom we used
150 years ago.
Now isn’t that a shame. In literally more than a century, nothing has changed.
Yet you claim to prepare students for the future? But with evidence like that I
must ask: do you prepare students for the future, or the past?
I did a background check on you and let the records show, that you weremade to train people to work in factories, which explains why you putstudents in straight rows nice and neat. Tell them sit still, raise your hand if
you want to speak, give them a short break to eat, and for eight hours a daytell them what to think.
Oh, and make them compete to get an “A”, a letter which determines a26

product quality. Hence, “grade A of meat”. I get it, back then times weredifferent. We all have a past; I myself am no Gandhi. But today, we don’t
need to make robot zombies. The world has progressed, and now we needpeople who think creatively, innovatively, critically, independently, with theability to connect.

every parents with two or more children will confirm that claim. So please
explain why you treat student like cookie cutter frames.
It’s a shame, I mean teachers have the most important job on the planet
yet they are underpaid, no wonder why so many students are shortchanged.
Let’s be honest, teachers should earn just as much as doctors, because adoctor can do a heart surgery and save the life of a kid. But a great teacher
can reach the heart of the kid and allow him to truly live.
You see teachers are heroes that often get blamed. But they’re not theproblem. They work in a system without many options or rights. Curriculums
are crated by policy makers most of which have never taught a day in theirlife. Just obsessed with standardized tests. They think a bubble in a multiple
choice question will determine success.
I don’t have much faith in school, but I do have faith in people. and if we
can customize health care, cars, and Facebook pages, then it is our duty to do
the same for education to upgrade and change and do away with school spirit
because that’s useless unless we are working to bring the spirit out of eachand every student that should be our task.
Sure math is important but no more than art or dance. Let’s give every gift
an equal chance. I know this sounds like a dream but let’s get moving
because while students may be 20% of our population, they are 100% of ourfuture. So let’s attended to their dreams and there’s no telling what we canachieve this is a world in which I believe.
A world where fish are no longer forced to climb trees.
I rest my case.

Prince Ea「I JUST SUED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM !!!」
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中学生―Ｄ部門

You see, every scientist will tell you no two brains are the same and