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Originally posted by pengu1nn:
public education pisses me off that way. i want to learn it the right way the first time, not in out of order increments that confuse and misdirect.

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It was like that in my school with the sciences; we had chemistry in eighth grade and then again in tenth, and the second time they told us that basically everything we had learned before was worthless, and furthermore that what we were currently being taught was also incorrect, but it was easier to learn so that's what they were teaching. I really got annoyed with all the math and Science classes where they insisted on just having you memorize facts and formulae without learning why they were true.

That said, I actually did enjoy school for the most part, but mainly because I had some choice in what classes I took, and because there were interesting clubs outside of classes for those who wanted more in-depth study of Math or Science or whatever.

The second reason that I enjoyed school is that I had some of the best teachers you could ever ask for. Many of the teachers, especially in the humanities, were practically school legends; no one wanted to go through school with having at lest one class with them. I had great Math and Science teachers too, for that matter. In fact, I probably had at most two or three teachers in my entire high school career who weren't what I would call excellent, but even they were above average. I was quite lucky, I suppose.

I'm in college now, and far away from home and from my high school, but I'm still corresponding by email with one of my teachers occasionally and I would be writing to others too if I had their email addresses.

in defense of schools however, alot of the problem with learning in schools is because most people are dumb shits, mostly, i think, because their parents dont give a shit. unfortunatly, this problem only compounds itself as the years progress.

in any case, schools are seriously fucked.

i wonder if cr0bar will respond to this topic, remember all the good times in 7th grade?

but then again, neither do, like... half the fucking kids in america. the problem is, some kids just dont care, which makes the teachers mad, so they teach less. it de-motivates them. hell, most the the teachers in the US wanted to teach because they thought they'd be helping us learn-they WANTED that. now kids just dont care, which kills the techers spirit.

everything that i needed to know to do what i want to do for a profession, i learned out side of school. i want to be a graphic design for some reason. i like making thinkgs in photoshop. i like designing web sites and logos and stuff. and its EASY for me. but there are no computer art classes here, and i dont want to tak ethe 'real' art (you know, drawing and painting and shit).

so... what was i talking aboot?

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This message has been edited by Rhydant on October 16, 2000 at 08:11 AM

I really do find it annoying that I end up fixing the teachers' problems with computers. My potential skills are being wasted. Last year I handled most of the warranty fullfillments for the tech rooms in my school, while the teachers are asking "What's this username thingy?" I mean, I don't mind helping teachers out, but then 15 minutes later, most of them will give me the "Oh, you don't know the molar mass of paradichlorobenzine?? Well, you're never going to ammount to anything!" That's the thing that just gets me going...

Oh well, eanough for me...

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