Topic > We must reform America's education system

Open-style learning leaves the doors wide open to self-discovery, invention, and originality. Creativity in education is important because it is a process that involves experimentation that can lead to failure. Failure is important because it teaches students that success is never easy. You can't just achieve success in your life by barely working like someone would if they were memorizing information for a test. Success requires a wisdom that comes from learning through your failures. The open system offers this opportunity not because students teach themselves, but because they are not simply handed what they need. Students are given the freedom to step out of their “comfort zones” and into an atmosphere where anything is possible. Their opportunity for knowledge is not limited to “A”, “B”, “C” or “D”. In the classroom the open system can be put into practice through “class discussion, the essay, the original experiment or the student