School -> why do we need it?

[joeno]

no, i'm not a disgruntled person who has particularly suffered in school, so don't think this thread is totally bs.

i'm serious - what's so good about school? i dont understand why there is such a culture which glorifies school as this necessary path to determine one's future.

sure, you CAN learn stuff... but the stuff you learn aren't actually all that useful. And teachers aren't really that smart (at least not in 50%+ of schools). Seriously, i used to have a math teacher who dropped math in high school.

recently i graduated. i've "learned" a lot... most of which don't enhance my perception of things, are politically motivated, and can be more concisely and broadly explored through the internet or self-learning etc.

what do you guys think?

[underworldangel767]

Originally Posted by joeno

no, i'm not a disgruntled person who has particularly suffered in school, so don't think this thread is totally bs.

i'm serious - what's so good about school? i dont understand why there is such a culture which glorifies school as this necessary path to determine one's future.

sure, you CAN learn stuff... but the stuff you learn aren't actually all that useful. And teachers aren't really that smart (at least not in 50%+ of schools). Seriously, i used to have a math teacher who dropped math in high school.

recently i graduated. i've "learned" a lot... most of which don't enhance my perception of things, are politically motivated, and can be more concisely and broadly explored through the internet or self-learning etc.

what do you guys think?

School is necessary. Ummm how should I explain this...

When you're a kid you don't make "good" choices. You really don't know how. If you ask most children if they wanted to go to school they'd probably say no. The law protects that until they feel you're at the right age to make a right choice, which is what 16-17? Where you can drop out of school. If we didn't have school, things couldn't run. There wouldn't be anyone who would know how to be a teller at a bank. Or be a mayor. Yes, a lot of the things they do teach do seem to be, unimportant in some job fields, but it's better to have a variety of knowledge then to have only a certain ammount. Because like I said, when you're young you don't really know how to make good choices and some job ideas are way out there then what you really become. And they want to cover all fields of knowledge incase you want to become something else.

And yes, maybe some teachers don't really know much about teaching. Or what they're teaching. But not all schools are like that. I havn't been to one like that yet.

besides imagine the world full of illeducated people. We wouldn't have any of the inventions today...like the computer. or the phone. or anything of those sorts.

[Jemiah619]

the most simple answer.......to study and get a job

[mulian]

The way I see it is you need school to get to university. I'm in 3rd year of my uni course now and its been the best time of my life, so school is there to see if you are worthy of university, that and teaching you stuff too.

[abc]

tell u what....enter the life of ash n go to the pokemon world if u find schooling so useless....in the pokemon world...not only do u not have to school....u get to eat fish call magicrap n live your life on nothing but catching stuffs n fighting with others...n even if u lose in a fight....u can always run away from it....

[sweet_angel]

u need school so when u are ready to get a job and make some good money u dont sound like a total dumbass and ur not oblivious to everything. besides without school itd be pretty hard to make friends and life would just get boring after a while.

[qwertyjoe]

You need school percisely because our society glorifies it so much. Good luck trying to get a good job without it. It's a symptom of an elitest system where prestigue is passed down through a function of society. It's true, you can succeed in life without school. It's just extremely difficult.

[sam]

Basically, we have to go to sch to study and get some
qualification or skill... in order to get a better job and great salary...

and

to find some FRIENDS...

thats all.. LOL

[Ghost753]

We need it to get a good job and support are family,basically we need to survive and
not end up living on the streets

[atx008b]

School is a place where we first met various people , it just a stepping stone before we goto the real world .