Will There Still Be Schools And Teachers In The Future? (Rininta Ayunina)

Well, as you all readers know, school is a crucial part of someone’s life. By looking at people’s behaviors, we could sometimes tell which one is formally educated and which one is not.  School absolutely made differences in someone’s adolescence life, by feelings school has created for us who went there. Fights with friends, a boy crush, punishments from a scary teacher, those are what makes our day even brighter.

I’ve been doing a research lately about school; well, education mostly. And by what I’ve gained through the internet, looking back to the history of education, I can conclude that there was teaching involved in every stages of life.

the holy Koran

The holy Koran said that the first human alive (prophet Adam AS) was taught by Allah Himself what and what not to do, what and what are not allowed, and what are things that necessary to keep us alive. Prophet Adam was told not to eat a certain fruit and he disobey that rule (he ate the fruit), which is why he got kicked out from heaven and lived in earth instead.

Since then, human being has been increasing, and kids were being taught informally by their parents, or extended family such as grandparents. Along with the traditions, they were being taught by people who aren’t necessarily family who shares the same religion or traditions (prophet, pastor, etc.).

When the development of writing came, education could be recorded in sorts of forms. Poems, literature, bibles, Korans could be read by so many people who has certain abilities to read and buy them.

Ki Hajar Dewantara

Raden Ajeng Kartini

Then the school was created, a place where people actually came to study. But back in those days, it was only for certain group who’s wealthier than the others. But then we (Indonesia) had this hero called Ki Hajar Dewantara who made schools possible for all stages of wealth and Raden Ajeng Kartini who made schools possible for all genders.

School is a place where we could hang with our friends. I’m sure that most people have most of their friends from their school. School makes a journey of someone’s life become unforgettable because of its memory, and of course those memories would be at least 30% based on how funny or either scary their teachers were. Without teachers, school would be just a building filled with a bunch of kids. We might not get as many benefits as schools should give.

I think, in the future, nothing could replace schools. Maybe nowadays we have the technology called 'home-schooling' where people students could receive their lessons via online without having to go to a certain building, but still, every country has a curriculum to be the controlling point for every schools in that country.

There might be robots in the future, but no such thing could replace teachers. Quoting my mother, “Teachers have hearts and feelings, and they use them to teach their students. No invention would be able to create hearts and feelings, except His invention.” And I positively agree with my mother’s opinion. With no feelings, lessons would be so hard to receive. Besides, every teacher has their own style of teaching and that’s what creates the memory and made the lessons fun, right? :)

xoxo, sky smarties girls.