Metaphor, basic infographic

Message: education is too pedantic

Many students both inside the education system and outside the education system complain that there is no creativity in the standards, assessment, and tests. In general, the school environment is considered a very negative one by many students currently in the educational system. This idea is a simple one, and can be summarized very simply in a simple infographic that is not even styled in any way:

This infographic was made only using a few simple GraphViz lines of code and can probably make a stronger message with colors, layout, formatting, font changes, and something of that nature. 

Audience

The audience of this infographic is clear: lobbyists for the educational system. The ones who develop standards and curricula need to know that pedantic, non-creative methods for education are not what society needs right now.

Questions to think about

But the basic message I want to get across with this simple infographic is this: education is routine, pedantic, and more resembles "training" than "education." This leads me to think about questions that address the fundamental purpose of what we call education:

• What is the purpose of education?
• What is the difference between rote memorization and "education"?
• Do our curriculum and standards and assessments actually lead to the education of the people?
• What is the difference between education and training?
• Can learning be fun? Should it be fun? 
• Is there something fundamentally boring about education? 

These are all questions I want to address by thinking about the educational system.