Jumbled frusterated thoughts.
In the last seven years I have learned almost nothing from our educational system. The majority if not entirety of what I have learned has been from my friends and my own bouts of research. I will not deny that I have learned about the social aspects of life from school, but that had nothing to do with the system itself, just the conglomeration of people my age. I've continually moved up despite doing fairly poorly. I am now a freshman in college and I am more disappointed in the education system than ever before. I don't think this is entirely the systems fault. The fault lies on three different things. First and foremost myself, secondly my parents, thirdly the homogenization of the education system. All of these go hand in hand.
I will start with myself. Here it is fairly simple, my utter lack of motivation, my inability to care and my ability to simply shrug of failure.
The main fault I give my parents is giving me too much control. This is only a fault for maintaining my success in the educational system, I admittedly wouldn't have it any other way. Since a very early age I've been able to influence the way my education has gone a great deal, I've been able to decide at least in part where I went. Once that kind of freedom is given it is very hard to take away. This sense of freedom and choice caused me to never feel like I just had to grit my teeth and get through this.
The education system is designed for one type of learning. I'm fairly sure the majority of students learn poorly that way. I took that failure and ran with it.
Now I've spent a great deal of time in this educational system and I'm looking at spending 2-8 more years in it. At least two of them I feel would simply be grinding through busy work to get a piece of paper that will allow me to pay somewhere else to let me sit in a classroom and not care. Don't tell me "Oh you'll find something you'll be passionate about later once you get to a better school!" Because frankly I won't. Even with things I am utterly fascinated by or enjoy a great deal I still fail to care when it is brought about in the school setting. IE: Science and theatre, two of my great loves. Many of you took theatre classes with me and as you know I did jack shit. As with science the way it is presented in school fails to hold my attention for any amount of time.
My current plan is to get a job and maybe continue with homeschooling until I can figure something better out. I'm not willing to work 2-8 years for a piece of paper that may or may not enable me to get a job I may hate or may like. I just can't do that. It's important to note I am going to finish this semester at PCC to give me time to think about this and make sure its what I want to do.
I am very interested in your thoughts and concerns, but if you have any intention of lecturing me just go away. I've listened to the lectures about how one needs an education for years and years. I want an education, just not the currant standard of education. I understand that I will probably not be able to achieve a high standard of living without my degree or even my diploma. I don't care.
I will start with myself. Here it is fairly simple, my utter lack of motivation, my inability to care and my ability to simply shrug of failure.
The main fault I give my parents is giving me too much control. This is only a fault for maintaining my success in the educational system, I admittedly wouldn't have it any other way. Since a very early age I've been able to influence the way my education has gone a great deal, I've been able to decide at least in part where I went. Once that kind of freedom is given it is very hard to take away. This sense of freedom and choice caused me to never feel like I just had to grit my teeth and get through this.
The education system is designed for one type of learning. I'm fairly sure the majority of students learn poorly that way. I took that failure and ran with it.
Now I've spent a great deal of time in this educational system and I'm looking at spending 2-8 more years in it. At least two of them I feel would simply be grinding through busy work to get a piece of paper that will allow me to pay somewhere else to let me sit in a classroom and not care. Don't tell me "Oh you'll find something you'll be passionate about later once you get to a better school!" Because frankly I won't. Even with things I am utterly fascinated by or enjoy a great deal I still fail to care when it is brought about in the school setting. IE: Science and theatre, two of my great loves. Many of you took theatre classes with me and as you know I did jack shit. As with science the way it is presented in school fails to hold my attention for any amount of time.
My current plan is to get a job and maybe continue with homeschooling until I can figure something better out. I'm not willing to work 2-8 years for a piece of paper that may or may not enable me to get a job I may hate or may like. I just can't do that. It's important to note I am going to finish this semester at PCC to give me time to think about this and make sure its what I want to do.
I am very interested in your thoughts and concerns, but if you have any intention of lecturing me just go away. I've listened to the lectures about how one needs an education for years and years. I want an education, just not the currant standard of education. I understand that I will probably not be able to achieve a high standard of living without my degree or even my diploma. I don't care.