The School System

What is the school system?

The school system is definded by the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary as "the aggregate of the public schools of an area under the administration of an executive officer who represents and is responsible to the board of education for that area". What that means is that there are multiple public schools in a certain area, that are all owned by one group, called a "board", that a) represent the school board, and b) are therefore responsible for all of the school board's actions, including the education of the students. In Canada, the school system is funded federally, provincially, and sometimes locally (5.4% of the GDP goes to education).

What is a system, anyway?

The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines a system as "a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole". That means there are different parts to a system that work together to form a system, a unified whole, that serves a purpose together and completes a job. We can use the circulatory system as an example:

The purpose of the circulatory system is to deliver blood to the body
The parts of the circulatory system are the heart, lungs, veins, arteries, blood, oxygen, and the body.
The job of the circulatory system is completed through the heart and lungs to oxygenate the blood and then out to the body.

How is the school system like the circulation system?

The school system can be compared a basic system like this:

The purpose of the school system is to educate and prepare students to participate in the democratic society of Canada.
The parts of the school system are the students, the schools, the teachers, the classrooms, and the equipment that the teachers use to teach the students.
The job of the school system is completed through the classrooms, where teachers teach the students and the students then have the information that the teachers taught them in the school, which will prepare them to participate in the democratic society if Canada.

...And can be compared to the circulatory system like this:

The blood can be compared to the students; the blood is delivered to the body, and the students are delivered to the classrooms, to fulfill the purpose of educating the students
The parts of the circulatory system can be compared to the parts of the school system; the school is like the heart, veins and arteries to hallways and roadways, blood is like the students, the lungs are like the classrooms, the oxygen is like the equipment & knowledge, and the body is like the democartic society of Canada/the world.
The purpose of the circulatory system can be compared to the parts of the school system; the school (the heart hallways & roadways (the veins & arteries) transport the students to the classrooms (the lungs), where the students gain knowledge, which can be compared to the blood getting oxygenated, and then the students will be prepared to participate in the democratic society of Canada(delivered to the body).

What is the main problem(s) with the school system?

The main problems I have identified with the school system is that a) the role of technology can be messed up and end up not being beneficial and b) the school system can fail at it's purpose, to prepare students to participate in the democratic society of Canada. I will address these issues (& more!) once you start your online journey by going to this link: https://school---project.neocities.org/bamboozle.html