Post by alastairjohnjack on Dec 17, 2009 9:33:15 GMT -5
>insert an intelligent discussion which I'm not capable of making or wording properly here<
There's something about the education system which seems highly unethical and dysfunctional. And I'm not quite sure what it is at the moment.
I think one part of the problem is homework.
Especially in the later years where we were continually given more work to produce outside of class. The focus (in Aus at least) is all about getting a good score, this proves how awesome/smart you are. But to get that score, you have to live and breathe school work outside of school (at least for most of us). But my interest in school work outside of the school environment was closer to zero.
And when you're at school, most of the teachers are in a pissed off mood because no one could be bothered doing the homework (besides the usual people who always do it) plus they're always having to spend half the time annoyed at people who aren't behaving. How're you meant to learn from teachers when they're always angry at you?
Or maybe this is the whole purpose of school, to learn to endure a class and get use to the practices of our consumer society.
Maybe it was just the school I went to, or maybe school isn't designed for certain personalities (probably the case for me), I don't know.
Although for those people who are capable of making friends with people (most people), having friends seems to justify the experience of school (from my viewpoint) since I certainly learnt more from reading websites, experiencing the world and making personal observations.
Don't get me wrong though, there are certainly many valid aspects to school (obvious things like learning to count and read and occasionally what a word means). But there really seems to be some fundamental flaws in the education structure (or something).
I ask these things because I don't understand, and maybe there's someone intelligent who will help explain.
There's something about the education system which seems highly unethical and dysfunctional. And I'm not quite sure what it is at the moment.
I think one part of the problem is homework.
Especially in the later years where we were continually given more work to produce outside of class. The focus (in Aus at least) is all about getting a good score, this proves how awesome/smart you are. But to get that score, you have to live and breathe school work outside of school (at least for most of us). But my interest in school work outside of the school environment was closer to zero.
And when you're at school, most of the teachers are in a pissed off mood because no one could be bothered doing the homework (besides the usual people who always do it) plus they're always having to spend half the time annoyed at people who aren't behaving. How're you meant to learn from teachers when they're always angry at you?
Or maybe this is the whole purpose of school, to learn to endure a class and get use to the practices of our consumer society.
Maybe it was just the school I went to, or maybe school isn't designed for certain personalities (probably the case for me), I don't know.
Although for those people who are capable of making friends with people (most people), having friends seems to justify the experience of school (from my viewpoint) since I certainly learnt more from reading websites, experiencing the world and making personal observations.
Don't get me wrong though, there are certainly many valid aspects to school (obvious things like learning to count and read and occasionally what a word means). But there really seems to be some fundamental flaws in the education structure (or something).
I ask these things because I don't understand, and maybe there's someone intelligent who will help explain.