I can remember, years ago in younger grades, I used to love school. I don't get as excited for school as I used to. So, what happened? I used to be such a curious, creative mind in the school setting. School has changed that. I'm not comfortable to be myself in a school setting, most of my classmates don't know the real me. Education is important. That I know. But I wonder, is school the best way to get an education? We are taught things without being told why they are important. I have no idea why I need math skills other than the basic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
I don't know how to pay my taxes, I don't know how to buy a house, I don't know how to get a bank loan, but I can find the slope of a line, and it's a good thing I can sit in my assigned seat. I have memorized endless formulas, and drew a million parabolas, but can I talk someone out of suicide? No. I can't. It's been implied that my grades are the most important thing to our success our entire lives. We are rewarded when we get an 'A' but we let our families down when we do less than that. We are told we are more than the number on the scale, but we are being defined by numbers when we get less than a 90. We are taught that school should our number one priority. Even more a priority than our mental health? It's funny that we are told to act mature but we are treated like children. We are just another robot in the system. I'm told that I need calculus but i'm not told We are forced to take unnecessary 'compulsory' classes. We don't learn how to be unique. We learn how to participate in this game called school. The best years of our lives are year full of sleepless nights and panic attacks. But none of the matters as long as we still pass.
I don't know how to pay my taxes, I don't know how to buy a house, I don't know how to get a bank loan, but I can find the slope of a line, and it's a good thing I can sit in my assigned seat. I have memorized endless formulas, and drew a million parabolas, but can I talk someone out of suicide? No. I can't. It's been implied that my grades are the most important thing to our success our entire lives. We are rewarded when we get an 'A' but we let our families down when we do less than that. We are told we are more than the number on the scale, but we are being defined by numbers when we get less than a 90. We are taught that school should our number one priority. Even more a priority than our mental health? It's funny that we are told to act mature but we are treated like children. We are just another robot in the system. I'm told that I need calculus but i'm not told We are forced to take unnecessary 'compulsory' classes. We don't learn how to be unique. We learn how to participate in this game called school. The best years of our lives are year full of sleepless nights and panic attacks. But none of the matters as long as we still pass.