Education is like a horrible cliché

Education is like baking a cake.

Since I don't know much (read: anything) about baking this is going to be an interesting one to write. However, I have seen most of an episode of Iron Chef: America, so I assume I'm qualified for this.

Picture your ingredients as your subject matter. Each person is going to take a little more of one thing and a little less of another. That's okay! That gives variety to people, just as there is variety to flavors of cake. So everyone takes a little bit of everything. However, there should be a little bit of everything. If something is missing, say you never took a course in the arts, that's like missing sugar. It's going to lead to a fairly bitter existence. Perhaps some people like it that way (Not implying that diabetics can't appreciate art.), but the majority of people/cakes would greatly benefit from at least some. 

Now, once all the ingredients are added, you want to make sure that they are all well-incorporated. When you're eating a cake, it's not just eggs, milk, flour, and sugar all cooked at 325 degrees. They're mixed beforehand, which is something that needs to be emphasized in education. Learning about history is great. Learning about art is great. Learning about history's influence on the arts: magnificent! That's what truly makes a great education. 

Now onto the boring bit of this assignment:

I was not aware of all the different ways that students could be put at risk of dropping out. To me, many of them seem fairly insignificant, until you think about it, at which point you realize how crazy it must be to deal with any of these things. I liked learning about the different educational philosophies. There are so many, and yet they all have their own merits. Lastly, I liked learning about how IEPs help students. The idea of an IEP to me makes so much sense that I can't immediately see why they're not more universal. For example, why do only exceptionalities get them?