Education 13 - Student Or Client

Today, there are changes taking place in colleges of secondary education that should be of great concern to all of us.  For example:

• The student that doesn’t understand why plagiarism is forbidden.
• The male student that demands absence from a class shared with female students, for false religious reasons.
• The student that says it is unfair for one student to be singled out for extra homework.
• The parent that demands certain ‘extras’ because of the high cost of tuition.
• The student that believes in the entitlement of a pass mark for simply sitting an exam.
• The parent of a troublesome student that believes the fault lies in poor teaching.
• The student that attacks a teacher for not giving high marks.
• The student that believes that attendance alone is sufficient for a pass mark.

And the list could continue.  Do we now have educational establishments where the student has become a client ... a customer who is always right?  Where learning anything, has been replaced by the need of an illuminated, and worthless, diploma?

Are students of 2015 ready for a sincere graduation?