I found this video extremely interesting and took several notes whilst watching. I am in total shock at how fast the rate of ADHD is rising and how highly medicated children are becoming, I also find it shocking that as standardised testing increase, the amount of children with ADHD increases. Although this may not be a convincing argument to get rid of testing, I believe that maybe we should begin to take the effect of testing more seriously. This video raises many concerns about how we teach children in the twenty-first century. It discusses the view that we teach children in batches, and perhaps this is not the correct way. Children have different needs and different mentalities, it is important to consider this when planning a lesson. The fact that divergent thinking decreases with age is also very eye-opening. I feel that this is because children are taught what is right and wrong and that for subjects like Maths and Science there can only be one answer. This could potentially narrow a child’s imagination.

In reflection, this video implies that our educational system is not keeping up with the ever growing demands of our children. The system does not change with time and children are suffering. Many children are at a disadvantage through age streaming as they are not as mentally developed as others their age. We need to escape from categorising people due to their ability to pass tests. Instead of basing education on the image of industrialisation, why can’t we base it on the needs of the public?