Institutions for learning can never teach you everything. They only teach you the basics, the very fundamentals of humanity. They teach you calculus, molecular equations, morality(under the guise of 'Civics and Morals Education), heck, even Social Studies(the subject where we are forced to admit that what our government does is right, always. A.K.A. 'propaganda').
They force us to conform to school uniforms, so as to 'prepare us for the working world'. Lessons for life, they say. Lessons which are important in the future.
Well, important indeed, I agree, but are they significant? Will all these lessons, rules, and incessant reminders of 'this is for your own good!' be beneficial to our mental well being?
No. I see that its not. They are deluding themselves that by producing 'all rounders' they create perfect citizens for tomorrow. I refuse to believe that being 'all rounders' in life is beneficial to anyone, even the 'all rounder' him/herself. I believe, making mistakes, big oopsies and major fuck-ups are the most important lessons, most of which are never taught in schools, nor be practiced to be prepared for them.
This is what makes us human, the ability to take lessons from mistakes. Example being, when one gets drunk, one does not sleep with anyone on the same bed.
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They never teach us the finer things in life, do they?
They never teach us why do we need to stop pissing when we need to sneeze, they never teach us how to date girls properly (admit it, you either learnt it yourself, or by external means ie; internet).
Why all the emphasis on results? Whatever happened to 'It does not matter where you are going, but how you are going to get there'?
My mind is blown from all the facts and skills I have to use for the concurrent GCSE 'O's.
I hate the fact that this basically determines our future, whether we make it or break it. Isn't this too harsh a decision for a 16 year old to make?
Why must our 4 years of education hang on the balance of 3 weeks of examinations?
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You learn from your mistakes. Definitely.
i had started to write a rant on how people in power make life complicated on purpose but changed my mind.
What history classes do you take that pretend like everything the government does is right? I’m happy to say mine present things objectively, and let you make decisions for yourself.
While school doesn’t teach you everything you need to know to be an adult, it does make you aware of a lot of things you’d never even thought of before. New ideas and concepts you’d never even considered. That’s true whether you’re learning about why a bowling ball and a bouncy ball fall to the ground at the same speed or reading Mrs. Dalloway and consider the point of modern life.
@tar: It’s not really history per se, its more of a comparison of subjects of our nation and others, for example the notion of healthcare. We compare our healthcare service against Britain’s healthcare service. It’s more of like ‘how do we make healthcare better’. I think most of the points given, generally point to ours being more practical and ‘good’ for lack of vocabulary. Hence ‘propaganda’ even though it makes mild logical sense (because it does not reflect some of the real circumstances seen outside the text).
At this point of time, I only wish that they focus on interest, not results, to differentiate classes to go to. I know that this is ridiculous and will probably lead to the breakdown of the education system, but think of it as this. If you’re interested in doing science, but your results aren’t good, and your class does not offer science as a subject, how will you ever gain the foundation of science?
I think that is my gripe, though it wasn’t in the bloog.
@dee: write it lol.
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At this point of time, I only wish that they focus on interest, not results, to differentiate classes to go to. I know that this is ridiculous and will probably lead to the breakdown of the education system, but think of it as this. If you’re interested in doing science, but your results aren’t good, and your class does not offer science as a subject, how will you ever gain the foundation of science?
I think that is my gripe, though it wasn’t in the bloog.
@dee: write it lol.
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Most high schools require 3-4 years of science. O_o
You do live in the US, right?
From another blog:
Things must work differently in Britain, I guess. =/
*Agrees*
Things must work differently in Britain, I guess. =/
Oh, then I take back everything I said as it was based on the US education system.
Even so, I have the impression that the US education system is as screwed as ours? I remember watching a video going on about how the education system there has a lack of funds or something.
Depends on where you go. It ranges from very good to very bad. However, we don’t really have issues with floods of propaganda or not having to take any science classes.