In our opinion, Conformity in schools is a curse.
Standardised testing, often focused on high-stakes, may limit the ability of future generations to solve society's problems. This is because many students are being taught to take a test, and not to think critically. In our recent society, many schools are cutting back or even eliminating programs and activities intended to promote social and moral learning, as well as materials and subjects which will not appear on the test. This prevention is implemented to ensure that the student would not have any excessive and unnecessary knowledge that will hinder the absorption of the knowledge of the test subject. All these actions trace down to one main motive, which is to have a higher score in order to get into a renowned college. This only trains students to become only exam smart and not have a flexible mindset.
However, conformity provides a conducive environment for studying because conformity influences students to have the same goal in mind and they would not want to stray from the "right" path to their own goals. With the same goal in mind, there would be a constant pressure in the study environment which would motivate them to reach the same goal. On the other hand, the pressure may cause a build up of stressful studying environment for students and make them more anxious about whether they are able to achieve as much as their peers which will negative impact on their mental health and academic achievements.
Therefore, conformity in the form of standardised testing, may trigger the effect of having few problem-solvers in the future as many educated youth are taking the current education system of having to solely study for the exam topic and not learn any social or moral skills, which contradictory can help students view learning with curiosity and be more creative, for the prosperity of their country in future.
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