Should the school system change?

Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” We can relate this quote to any school system in the world. If we compare a car from the 1920’s vs. a car from today or a phone from the 1920’s vs. a phone from today, there’s going to be a great difference. What if we compare the school education from 1821 to right now… Will there be a difference? Actually, the only things that have changed are the chalkboards to white boards, and the technology that is know present in class, but if we talk about the system, everything is intact. There’s always been a teacher in front of you giving his/her lesson to the students, who are put in rows, and in order to talk they have to raise their hands. Every student is known to have different dreams, strengths and weaknesses. Let’s not forget about the standardized tests that measure our intelligence. Every student is different, so it’s unfair to give everyone the same exact test that will measure your future. There’s people whose strength are the arts instead of writing or math, which can be a burden for them. Many students who don’t exceed in school tend to feel stupid since the school only focuses on two of the Howard Gardner’s intelligence: linguistic and logical-mathematical. But what about the other five intelligences, like musical, bodily kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal... how come they are not important? Going back to Albert Einstein’s quote, the fish represents the student who are given often an inappropriate standardized test who can’t pass it, and many spend their lives feeling stupid. What is the school system doing with our future? How are students suppose to find their gifts if they believe they are useless?