Standardized Tests: Practice or Skill?

by Titas Mukherjee Established, yet rarely reformed, are the formal standardized tests of the 21st century education system. They are a canvas, painted with the deceiving nature of a promised skill for those who practice, but a beacon of failure for those who do not. Standardized testing is utilized as a method to provide schools …

The Brain’s Path of Learning

by Titas Mukherjee At four, the roads in the mind of a child begin to engrave memories. At five, they are dressed in fabrics of different colors, handed books that weigh the knowledge of the ABC’s and counting, then run along the path of the world’s modern-day education. Children come home with broadened knowledge, voices …

Education: Where is Authenticity?

by Titas Mukherjee When a child begins to recite the mere letters of the alphabet, they are unknowingly thrust into the madness of what society calls “success”; This success is obsessed with nothing but performance, exposing the true light upon modern education. A light that notes that the new system of learning lacks the authenticity …