EyeAmEye
Aka: ulogin.
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Zanth, my phrasing was bad (as is usual for me
). Education isn't pointless, but the education system we have in place is. High school and college are no more than memorization clinics where students learn to read, memorize, and recall information in order to pass "tests". Very little of the material is actually retained or later applied in life. In theory, the education system should provide the foundations you detailed, in reality, they do not. One's major in college is perhaps the sole exception, and even then, most students sleepwalk through their intended fields, receive "grades", and join the assembly line of the business world for the next 40 some odd years.
Physical education is a complete waste of time (I will never waiver from that), yet students are forced to take a class in phys ed each semester. Foreign language is fruitless in it's current state, and the vast majority of advanced mathematics and sciences aren't applicable (someone please explain to me why I needed two years of chemistry for a BA in Communications?). It should be covered in concepts, not formulas that no one understands nor cares about, and is forgotten a moment after the pen stroke on the exam paper.
In actuality, high school and college do more to make students hate the topics covered than anything else. In the two years I was force fed chemistry, biology and physics, I learned absolutely nothing. As an adult (and after years of negative opinion due to school), I took an interest in the topics, and saught the education out myself. The end result (still in process) will be a better understanding and appreciation than any school teacher can impart.
And if anyone brings up Shakespeare, I will SLAY them
Physical education is a complete waste of time (I will never waiver from that), yet students are forced to take a class in phys ed each semester. Foreign language is fruitless in it's current state, and the vast majority of advanced mathematics and sciences aren't applicable (someone please explain to me why I needed two years of chemistry for a BA in Communications?). It should be covered in concepts, not formulas that no one understands nor cares about, and is forgotten a moment after the pen stroke on the exam paper.
In actuality, high school and college do more to make students hate the topics covered than anything else. In the two years I was force fed chemistry, biology and physics, I learned absolutely nothing. As an adult (and after years of negative opinion due to school), I took an interest in the topics, and saught the education out myself. The end result (still in process) will be a better understanding and appreciation than any school teacher can impart.
And if anyone brings up Shakespeare, I will SLAY them