How school really works

I'd be scared to AXE the teacher any questions

Black people wouldn't get this one.

I've gotten so used to the internet misspelling words that I almost didn't catch the joke.
GIF unrelated.

where's this gif from?

Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy. Watch it.

The teacher is shaping them into a better future.

my exact thought

I second that.

ALL IN ALL YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

All hail Pink Floyd! They were the best.

Went to the Brisbane Pink Floyd concert at the beginning of this year.......i definitely up there with AC-DC for most epic concert ever.

Weirdest music video

Kid on the left looks like Okay meme

music is like poetry, punctuation and grammar don't really matter.

Mokujin WINS!

I love you. Here's a wallpaper.

I prefer this one

Look, there I am!
...And I am the most important brick in the wall

Yeah dude I know what you're saying... I mean, we don't need no education.

Not everyone is a genius. Some people are just plain dumb in every aspect. That's the truth and no matter how much you desire an inclusive atmosphere where 'everyone has strengths', some people just aren't smart in any way.
The school system is pretty damn good as it is. GPA does measure your intellectual ability (related to memorization and being able to grasp concepts in math, english and science) and your mental willpower. The SAT does not just test your English and Math skills. It tests your ability to find meaning in complexity (Reading comprehension), your creativity and analytical skill (Essay), and your ability to use logic to find answers (Math). A relatively small part of the SAT is actually based on memorization.
As it is, the school system does force people to take courses they don't necessarily enjoy, but only to a certain extent. You are required to understand the basics of every field, but can eventually further pursue your true interest. What's a mathematician who cannot communicate his results and what's an artist who cannot add up the groceries?
You would have school measure only what you are interested in. That is an impossible and childish idea. In today's complex society, success requires some degree of knowledge in all subject areas.
Few people know where their true interests lie in elementary or high school. If you allowed people to only study fields they enjoyed, most people realize their passion does not lie where they thought it did, but by then it would be too late. That is why the school system forces a basic understanding and trial of all subject areas.
While GPA and SAT are not perfect tests of intelligence, they are close enough. A smart person will memorize faster than a dumb person, be more creative than a dumb person, and possess a higher analytical skill than a dumb person. These three assets are what define your GPA and SAT.

I didn't say students should not participate in school nor things they don't like, but rather that they should do it in their own way. My point was not to say "abolish school!" or say children should not be forced to go, but rather to not allow the learning of the basics and gain of knowledge to structure them into a cookie cutter citizen. The true geniuses always think out of the box. Every good idea in the education system in the past 20 years has come from people who are not in the education field. Everyone has gifts. If their gift happens to be manual work instead of what people categorize as "high level jobs" that require "smarts", so be it. That is where they are geniuses. Everyone is not meant for college. That is why drop out rates are so incredibly high for college freshmen and beyond. And remember, Einstein was a high school drop out.

Indeed, some people are born to perform physical work, some people are born to perform mental work. That is why high school is mandatory in most areas only until Grade 10 to allow everyone to have a chance to see what they are cut out for. But to claim that the current school system aims to make everyone a 'cookie cutter citizen' is nonsense. Thinking out of the box is encouraged in a good school, as long as it remains relevant to the task and problem at hand. Creative development is encouraged and a good teacher will emphasize that there are many ways to solve a problem. Opinion essays, projects, and discussion are excellent ways to allow children to think creatively while at the same time applying this creative thinking in a manner that produces results and develops crucial skills.
Unfortunately, this isn't always the case as you will always get one or two bad teachers that are extremely narrow minded and will only accept certain values or certain methods to complete a task.
My point is our current educational system has plenty of emphasis on freedom and creativity while still retaining the need for basic knowledge and skills. When executed properly, our school system should not produce institutionalize. Any deviance from this purpose is a result of bad staffing.

I wish this were true. Cookie cutter citizens are what we are molded into eventually. Back when I was in high school, for three years my friends and I (we were all ranked in the top 5% of our class) attempted to make a newspaper for the student body. We were met with a sea of red thumbs from the faculty and our idea never got accepted over a three year period. They didn't want us to express our creativity or try something new and fun. They made us shut up and sit down and do what they wanted us to do. We tried to do it underground our senior year, and we even had a decent fanbase of 200 or so who liked what we gave out, but we got shut down. They even suspended our friend who printed the articles we wrote (We had "stage" names for our articles' authors so they couldn't pin it to us)

Anyway, the point is that I've never been shown how the system allows us to express creativity. I've always been told to be quiet and conform.

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Like I said, our school system is MEANT to give everyone a chance to express freedom and creativity. Schools are MEANT to allow students to pursue entrepreneurial ideas and hobbies such as a school newspaper so long as there are available resources. In my current school and many of my friend's schools, students can readily form councils and draw from a pool of available resources to pursue such hobbies. This is the way it is MEANT to be.
That said, not all schools follow this system. Many schools simply have crappy staff who are tired of their jobs and simply try to make it through each day. They don't care about creativity or student development. They want to do the least amount of work possible and would rather avoid being involved in extracurricular ventures. This seems to be the case with your school, unfortunately.
You can't let your own experiences define an entire education system. It is MEANT to be a certain way. How individual schools and individual staff choose to act is entirely different.

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-uPcthZL2RE#!

but if i do that... my parents wont love me anymore

That made me feel better about myself, and you pretty much expressed how I feel about the education system and society in general, into words.

You have my praise.

If a woman called me a "tasty muffin snake" at least once a day, I'd probably be a better, happier person.

Tasty muffin snake ;)

And they can't use old wood when building new buildings!



THEY HARVEST THE YOUNG.

You know too much.
They'll come for you.

They're made of wood.



I'll be expecting them.

Damn it, I wrote "when" 2 times... This happens a lot to me, you know.

its okay man

Jolly good show!

EVERYONE. EVEN THE WOMEN.

they do ?

ALL OF THEM.

are you sure?

Theres more wood than the Canadian wilderness.

I like

wut

I mean ... ah..... wut

I liked where that was going...

yep.

That pic is awesome, and you should feel awesome!

Well, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me on FJ.

You were the most beautiful girl at the prom, and I now regret breaking up with you.

I thought the exact same thing.

i fukken love tekken, even before it was mainstream, tekken 3 is still my favorite

is that shay laren? dammit of course this is what school becomes just as I finish with it.

Just thinking of wearing skinny jeans makes me cringe.

I'm a guy, and I can't imagine skinny jeans have much ball-space, so it makes me cringe too.

I love school now.

You guys are so lucky