Why Is The Sky Blue? Essay

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“Why is the sky blue?” I asked my teacher while learning about the colors spectrum in sixth grade. My teacher shot down the question, shattering my curiosity at the same time. Her answer, like every other adult I asked why something was the way it was, “You will understand when you are older, let’s focus on this topic for now.”
To all those teachers who told me I would understand something once I was older, “How much older do I need to get?” Here is another unanswered why question, “Why does the United States’ education system promote conformity instead of individuality?” I never understood as a child why being curious and searching for the unknown answers was looked down upon, but now I see our education system was established to prepare citizens to learn the same way and conclude the same way, all while developing trust in the system. The United States’ education system is a curiosity killer and causes fear of individuality and conformity in children early on in their educational journeys.
The heart-wrenching fact about our education system is students learn that there is only one way to write, one way to learn, and one way to achieve success. This process starts early on to ensure children learn to accept the “…framework, in which they will follow orders, except existing frameworks, and not challenge and so on.” (Chomsky). Until recently I hadn’t realized how early children begin the molding process, but looking back on my childhood I remember how early I learned the
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