Teachers should act as facilitators with a mission of guiding and directing students in the right direction. Learners should be active and learn to solve problems by reflecting on their experiences, consistently reevaluating goals, and making adjustments when needed. Students should acquire an education that will enable them to assign meaning to their lives. I believe schools should not only teach students the core body of knowledge, but should also help define individuals and prepare each one for the future. In response to the significant social problems of the day, schools should take the lead in creating a new social order.
New ideas are important in making the future better than the past.
Not only do the schools have a responsibility to transmit knowledge, I believe they have the mission to transform society as well. This however, cannot be taught in a subject, but is adopted by teaching the process. Rather than content, I feel that it is more valuable to teach each student problem solving skills and the process of learning. Students need to be able to adopt the process of learning to the ever-widening web of situations they are being faced with. This is the key step to true success.