If climbing the tree is a necessary part of the curriculum, then we simply must have every student get up that tree. ... styles. I’m sure you’ve all seen the cartoon which aims to lambast ‘Our Education System’ by showing a line of different animals being ordered to “climb that tree” as a standardised assessment tool. Kate Anderson discusses the challenges facing the Kenyan education system and the relevance of national assessment exams to achieve learning for all. 1. Saved by Joanna Cantrell. Even the fish! The educational system placed them (the fish that couldn’t climb a tree) in the corner and put a “dunce hat” on them. In the cartoon, animals are standing before a desk. Education ... Education System. If writing a persuasive essay is a key part of the curriculum, every student must be able to write a persuasive essay. So, in my opinion, it's indeed unfair to judge everyone's abilities on a particular exam. "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." Aug 24, 2014 - for a fair selection please climb that tree. Our education system everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree it will live it’s whole life believing that it is stupid Albert Einstein. Now that might sound unfair. Education System. Aug 24, 2014 - for a fair selection please climb that tree. This is what is happening to the majority of our youth in the education system. However, not everyone is able to climb a tree, or may need a different way to get up the tree. The ability to climb a tree does not reflect their actual ability. For a fair selection, please climb that tree. . How is the fish going to climb the tree? Todd Pettigrew is an associate professor of English at Cape Breton University. Source unknown. The test is tree climbing, similar to standardized testing across the board. Comment on this meme: Cancel reply. For a fair selection, please climb that tree. Saved from google.com. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein Students come into school each day equip with different abilities, ethnicity, backgrounds, experiences, demographics, learning styles, … “Please climb that tree” - the request quoted in the title is taken from a cartoon spreading on Facebook and depicts a supposedly objective but in fact extremely discriminative recruitment procedure. The cartoon is often presented with a quotation falsely attributed to Einstein: “Everybody is a genius. The teacher would draw a circle on the blackboard and have this student stand with his nose in the center of the circle on the blackboard. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid”. Now if only we could get that all over the internet. Not sure what Einstein meant or even if he said it, but I have always likened this quote to schools and the poor standards by which we judge smart and stupid in our students.