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Is there a problem with how our schools are teaching today’s students?
A fundamental goal of our nation’s educational system is to arm students with the knowledge they need before they go out into the real world, but are schools actually preparing these students for functioning in the real world? At Divine Mercy Academy, we believe that our modern institutions of education are failing our students because schools operate on the foundational premise that every student learns the exact same way as each other. That’s probably why when you think of a classroom, almost immediately a visual model pops into your head - a grid of 30 desks all pointed towards a chalkboard in the front. Why should we apply such a cookie-cutter method to the teaching of students? Mass producing students (designing a single path that leads to success) can only have so much success because no two people are the same. Identical twins can look indistinguishable from one another, but it doesn’t mean they will both respond identically to the same experience. It’s likely they won’t even interpret experiences in an identical way.
Why should we apply such a cookie-cutter method to the teaching of students? Mass producing students (designing a single path that leads to success) can only have so much success because no two people are the same. Identical twins can look indistinguishable from one another, but it doesn’t mean they will both respond identically to the same experience. It’s likely they won’t even interpret experiences in an identical way. Differences Aren’t Disabilities Every person possesses their own unique sense of individuality; therefore, if a student cannot learn from how we teach, then we must change how we teach in a way that allows their learning style to flourish. This is a primary foundational principle of DMA. We want to shift focus away from the group and refocus on the individual. Today, 1 out of 8 children have learning differences. So that means around 15% of children are nearly destined for failure from the curriculum taught in schools. That’s why this prototypical model school, Divine Mercy Academy, is so important. It can revolutionize the way that Catholic schools engage and serve the children who otherwise get left behind. We are very excited to see DMA grow. We wholeheartedly believe in the amount of relief and resolution our school will bring to the lives of our students and their families. These students have always been told they are the problem, that they’re the ones with a “disability”. But why does it have to be a disability, and not just a difference?