I was dead last in my class, the only people below me did not graduate. I consider myself fairly smart, and it pissed my teachers off when they called upon people in class and I was almost never wrong, but still barely passing.
The point is, is that Schools don't INSPIRE kids or Intrique them enough to want to learn.
Basically, All we did in school was copy and paste. Take Info, Remember it for test. Write it on test. Past test. forget info. Remember new info for test, take test. REPEAT.
I was bored to tears in school. We did nothing that was interesting. Nothing really hands on, and most importantly, nothing applicable to Life after school *besides your maths, and English basics in grade school.
Term papers or projects were always set out by guidelines guaranteeing that the project would not be interesting. Books required to read always had to follow Moral Guidelines and not be lewd.. I.E. BORING.
I have read 1000 times more after high school. I have learned 1000 times more than school taught me.
A big problem was stereotyping, even by teachers, Because I wasn't an athlete, I wasnt in the in crowd the teachers pampered to. I had older borthers that pissed upon any chance of a teacher trying to see me in a positive light.
Plus, to put it plainly. Alot of kids are imbeciles. But the class is set at a pace of "no child left behind" leaving the smarter ones sitting there twiddling thier thumbs bored as fuck. Boredom+Youth+being stereotyped=unrelenting Mischief and teacher infuriating shenanigens.
The teachers try, they really do. but they are also just people. And some people are rude, judgemental, prejudiced, cold hearted, and apathetic.
The whole approach needs to be revamped. Staring into books trying to simply remember shit fort tests is useless.
Last edited by RoosterCantrell (2007-07-19 16:47:40)