As society evolves in the 21st century, one can easily evaluate the slow decline in the education system and how it has failed students. Universities are creating senseless robots in students without his/her's own morals or values: bearing only remnants of their professors' values. Colleges and Universities supply students with information and knowledge about, how to follow instructions, read and regurgitate information and, in the 21st century, how to run a business. Our education is so essential to us, it decides our future and can determine our outcome in life, which first needs a solid learning foundation. The education system needs to instead create leaders in society who can think using their own morals and knowledge and allocate the necessary tools needed to become a well-rounded person.
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In his essay “The Role of the Teacher”, Layton reminds the reader throughout the essay of the importance of Self-education by stating “that if education means anything, it should mean the creation of individuals with a strong sense of social responsibility”. As the essay concludes, the theme of the essay briefly switches to the importance of teachers and how much they influence students. Layton praises teachers by writing “he lives in and helps to enlarge the area of good sense upon which the preservation of civilized values ultimately
In his essay “The Role of the Teacher”, Layton reminds the reader throughout the essay of the importance of Self-education by stating “that if education means anything, it should mean the creation of individuals with a strong sense of social responsibility”. As the essay concludes, the theme of the essay briefly switches to the importance of teachers and how much they influence students. Layton praises teachers by writing “he lives in and helps to enlarge the area of good sense upon which the preservation of civilized values ultimately