Proposal for addressing some schooling problems

Current situation
The facilities available in schools are outdated and uninspiring. Both teachers and students have no options outside the classrooms to stay in the building for longer than necessary. And even worst, students do not like to spend their time in the school in regular time. The environment is not conducive to deal with the new issues provided in the 21st century.
Recommendations
A new approach to literacy, for the 21st century, require us to help children develop the habits of mind, heart and action that can mature into adults capacities for moral reflection, ethical restraint and compassionate service. Nowadays we are dependable of technology for everything and we need to deal with many issues that there is no precedence in the past. So we need call for a different education that prepares children to these needs.
Firstly we need emphasizing relationships with people and nature constructing green spaces for children to play and explore outdoors. Every school should be a “miniature model of a sustainable society”, to prepare children to take up the ecological challenges of the future.
Everybody agrees that math and sciences are important, but usually students hate them. We must experience practical situations. If we foster classes of lab and observations (nature observation) the children would feel more enthusiasm to learn these subjects.
Encourage creativity and imagination is important to develop intellectual and social skills for life. Extra classes of music, drama, painting, dance, poetry, would be available for all students.
Not only this, but extra or different classes are important, there are some basics needs that are vital to students: the school needs attract and retain qualified teachers, provide books for all students and expand or improve meal.
Conclusion
It is vital that the school must maintain the level of the education conducing to a new modern world teaching how to integrate thoughts, feelings and actions. The proposals outlined above would achieve this result improving the facilities in the environment to attract students to a new mature life. I hope that these proposals will be given due consideration.

(350 words)
Ana Paula Ribeiro da Silva – CPE1