Schools towards Encouraging Students to Question Authority

Abstract: Schools play the biggest role in every student’s daily life. Despite the fact that
there are different institutions in the community seen to be helpful for the advancement
of citizenship (like the family, church, and worker's organizations), there is wide
understanding that school has a critical part all the while (Alsobaie, 2015). Most people
concur that civic virtues ought to be encouraged in school, yet there are, as anyone
might expect, generally contrasting records of what those ethics ought to be. It is
especially hard for instructors when those ideals have all the earmarks of being
opposing, just like the case with the subject talked about in this paper, and with another
broadly examined strain, that between political union and multicultural pluralism (Absah,
Dalimunthe, & Suseno, 2018). In relation to authority, a school is led by authorities
considered to be the teachers, principal, librarian and other forms of school leaders.
However, there are times that the authorities hold so much power that sometimes they
take advantage of it without thinking how it would affect its people. Students now are
more open to these views and surely have a lot of questions to ask and are eager to
participate. Questions are used to teach as well as to assess or intended to deepen
students’ understanding and questioning is also a way for individuals to communicate
each other. In spite of the fact that the students might be thinking countless questions,
however, there will be times that hesitation comes and would rather not ask them. This
paper aims to exhibit various instances and claims as to why schools should encourage
students to alternatively question and challenge the authority. Critical mentalities are
believed to be viable with sensations of shared participation however are probably not
going to be advanced by the government when there is the dread of inner agitation or
outer danger.
Keywords: role of schools, questioning authority, K-12, government