Response to Ian's blog
I didn't want to post this in the comments section because it was too longdont read this guys, its pretty stupid
I hate school
You’re looking at school from your own perspective but when you see school as what it actually is, it’s an institution of indoctrination to support a healthy workforce for an industry and technological based workforce.
And a nerd is not someone who likes learning, a nerd is (dictionary.com) an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit; or (Wikipedia) a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by peers, or will tend to associate with like-minded people.
You’re probably not a nerd, you probably just like learning. But what is learning in school? You learn things that essentially prepare you for a factory style lifestyle. A schedule based on the bell, exacting times, heavy regulation and consequences for slight misbehaviors and USELESS information that is often times just busy work. Simple repetition and imitation mixed in with some problem solving. The only thing we actually need from school is survive is actually physical education. And who cares about that. But its importance has risen so much that a person cannot survive economically without school.
A country is as good as its economy and an economy is as good as its workforce. Creating a nation with education as its foundation creates a nation that will succeed because it will have an economically engaged workforce. Basically, the more money we make, the more money we make for our country. You shouldn't euphemize school. Money is the pivot point for the rest of society.
Keeping that in mind, do you see how much our nation has put focus on school? Everything that a teen does in his/her life is basically for college and extracurricular. Everything we want to pursue just comes in between.
And a nerd is not someone who likes learning, a nerd is (dictionary.com) an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit; or (Wikipedia) a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by peers, or will tend to associate with like-minded people.
You’re probably not a nerd, you probably just like learning. But what is learning in school? You learn things that essentially prepare you for a factory style lifestyle. A schedule based on the bell, exacting times, heavy regulation and consequences for slight misbehaviors and USELESS information that is often times just busy work. Simple repetition and imitation mixed in with some problem solving. The only thing we actually need from school is survive is actually physical education. And who cares about that. But its importance has risen so much that a person cannot survive economically without school.
A country is as good as its economy and an economy is as good as its workforce. Creating a nation with education as its foundation creates a nation that will succeed because it will have an economically engaged workforce. Basically, the more money we make, the more money we make for our country. You shouldn't euphemize school. Money is the pivot point for the rest of society.
Keeping that in mind, do you see how much our nation has put focus on school? Everything that a teen does in his/her life is basically for college and extracurricular. Everything we want to pursue just comes in between.
And on top of all of that, because the importance of school lies so heavily on society, people rarely succeed if they don't go to school. The puritan work ethic and the lasting effects of the Market Revolution echo throughout history, even today.
Yeah, you have friends and get social skills in school, but that’s far from what it’s actually trying to teach you or give you. All this competition, survival of the fittest, is not good for the individual. We threw away our ideals of civic virtue during the turn of the nineteenth century.
sigh. Ironically, I gotta go study now so I can’t write more. I hate finals man...
sigh. Ironically, I gotta go study now so I can’t write more. I hate finals man...
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I like your perspective on school, but then again thats how you look at school. My goal in life is to raise money so i can either support missions and stuff for God and raise a family. See, like our church, there are LOTS of wealthy people and they support the church like crazy. I really like how they can support the church, send their kids to schools they(kids) want and have a nice home. Also, I know our school is an institution that was made to support a healthy work environment that our country takes advantage of. But guess what, we have to go to school and instead of looking at school in the negative perspective, why not get the best out of something we're stuck in. Work hard in everything, so that we can serve God to our fullest potential. Make lemonade out of lemons. (I know its a cheesy expression) but ya. Just the way you look at things
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