Thursday, February 21, 2008
What extent do you agree that we don't really need to go to school?
there is an extent that i believe we dont really need to go to school- a lot because i think a lot of the work we do is like gatto said, out of boredom, and a lot of the work that we are given is just busy work or work that requires cramming. and when i cram, i forget. for instance, i have studied so many dates for US history, or so many formulas for pre-calc. i am sure i have forgotten the majority of them, because the reason i memorize them are for the class or that specific test. how many times have we heard the question, when am i EVER going to use this stuff in the real world. though i do believe that at school, by broadening our perspectives, we find out our direction and what we like and what we want to do in school. but i think a lot of the work that is done is out of boredom and what teachers believe they have to do - or what the government thinks kids should know. i learn a lot more in classes like AP english were i get to really talk or listen about things that matter, and hear other peoples perspectives and hear people engaging rather than just bored and doing only to what is expected. in terms of socially, i think school can be both good and bad. i think it is great to meet different kinds of people, and forcing yourself (like in public schools) to be around people that you may not like, have different opinions than you, and who are just completely different people helps understand more of the world, more perspectives, it can also help social awkwardness to have people get used to be around people. but i also think that being forced to be around people can get people in the wrong crowd, or cause people who dont realy know where they fit to sell out or get lost in the social world vs. the academic world. that is exactly how zionsville - my old school seemed to be. that school just seems to be filled with all sorts of social drama and everything is about the social part of school. rarely do i/did i hear about students prime academic focus. homeschooling, i believe can give people maybe a bit more direction and have them focus more on what they want to do and what they like. though it often could cause social awkwardness. just a thought.
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Mallory, I agree with you. I too went a large public school, Lawrence North, and I felt the same way. I too saw a system in which the students cared more about social life than academics. Mainly due to the boring "schooling" we were getting. Most of my work was worksheets, packets, and menial poster board projects. I felt like I was in a cycle of work which I was terribly bored with. In some ways I agree with Gatto that we don't need a school system due to the fact that we don't retain much of what we learn. Like Mallory said, "when will we EVER use this?" In the real world we're going to specialize in something, not need to memorize geometrical equations and know all about english grammar, and know about biology, chemistry, astronomy, physics, etc... School is good for getting a variety of subjects you may choose from but for years we are forced to learn so many subjects we may not use in the future. Mallory, I agree with learning with interaction like our AP class, and that we learn through the world and other people... I like you ideas.
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