A-levels criticized

This article (The Guardian, Wednesday 16 February 2011) is critical of the system of A-levels in the UK.  It says that the current system of A-levels (which means that at the age of 16, students have to pick 3 or 4 subjects in which to specialize for two years) may be a good system to form specialists, but is not a good system to form good citizens. 

Changing the paradigm

'Changing education paradigms' (click to watch) is an illustrated speech by Ken Robinson.  Sir Ken Robinson (born in Liverpool on 4th March 1950) is a renowned author, speaker and international advisor on education.  In this speech, he criticizes the current education system. 

If you want to hear more of his speeches, you can visit Sir Ken Robinson's website or type his name in the Youtube search bar and choose a video. 

Education in the UK and in the US

Here's a teenager explaining the British education system to us.

And this is the disquisition on the American education system by the Youtube comedian Daniel.  Warning: explicit language!  He's hyper-active, bad-mouthed, offensive. 

Well, of course, he's American...