Complaint on Public School

[Guest Firechival]

My sister was sitting at her laptop typing up a poem for fun while I was stuck doing my homework. I wondered why I had to go to public school and wrote this rant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢m a boy that goes to school everyday. I canÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t understand why I have to go. My older sister dropped out of high school two months in and everyone loves her. But me? If I dropped out, everyone wouldnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t love me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People say its for the education. My sister says that she never learned a lot of book knowledge from school. She often told me that she went there to socialize, whatever that means. She also dropped out of eighth grade if anyone thinks high school and middle are too different to compare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People sometimes say for respect, you have to go to school. My sister dropped out of high and middleÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâæÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ. and she is respected. Am I the only person who sees a problem with that?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People say to ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬Åinteract with other children.ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

[Zonorhc]

How old are you? It takes a while to begin to appreciate the social aspects of schooling, and the education will be helpful later. I don't know about the American school system, but generally, it WILL help in whatever career you will take.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you know what career you want to take as you grow up, you'll know what subjects you'll want to study at school. Knowing this, NEVER take a subject you're not completely interested in over something that you are, no matter how much pressure parents put on you, as it'll harm your performance in the long run.

 

 

 

You say your sister is an artist, and thus didn't require schooling? There are courses in drama offered at most schools, and they develop technique, and act as a buffer against the self-consciousness common in people. Unless you have a large amount of natural talent, you will want to take a course in that. You also say your sister's a musician. She had to learn that. The violin isn't exactly the type of instrument you pick up and know instantly how to play. I'm not saying I know exactly what I'm talking about there - I'm a woodwind player - but I guarantee you, music requires a lot of study as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That said, the social aspects are normally more enjoyable than the academic. You meet friends in school. You develop relationships with other people of your age. Friends are important in life, unless you want to be completely detached from society. You don't have to be in performing arts or sporting groups to develop friendships, though those activities are encouraged to help you develop more than one circle of friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Believe you me, you'd probably rather be in school than not doing anything with all that time.

[Iantiger]

Some people are naturally talented, but as zonor said, those skills need developing in school, and you also need the other subjects incase your first career plan fails, at least you have something to fall back on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't think you're old enough to appreciate how important school is. I'm 17, I'm in my last year at college and I'm going to University next year. I live in the UK where compulsory school stops at 16. Some children never get the oppurtunity to go to school and would do anything to be in the position of someone who can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also the thing about "respect"... That is what you should worry about least. In the long run (a few years down the line) respect counts for nothing, whilst education will last your whole lifetime. Although it does help if you do get respect as a bonus, but you should always put your education before your social life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iantiger

[cammand]

true ur sister does prove those points wrong, but tons more people proves those points right (thats how they became right in the first place).

[mrbob03]

loads of ppl dropped out of school when they could, and became some of the most succesfull in the world, the point is u have to kno wht ur doing. If ur going to be an actor/actress for instance, u may want to drop school and take an independent acting class, that will teach and progress ur skills without the rest of things u dont want. But if u say want to be a doctor/lawyer/nuclear physicist, school might be a slightly better option

[____]

Natural talent usually wins over what you learn in school. It's a hard concept to grasp when you're a sibling to the person with the talent...

 

 

 

I know what it's like. My sister is a natural-born musician...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She migh back in big eventually, but in the end you'll have a better life-style. Her only career path is in the Arts. Once her skills start to fizzle out, she's pretty much screwed because she'll have no fall-back option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You on the other hand could have half a dozen ;) My advise, get the best grades you can and it'll pay off eventually.

[cammand]

there aren't a lot of people that has great natural talents, if u do well u got lucky.

[Guest Eonianknight]

Yeah, school is largely about fall-back options and stuff that really doesn't make itself readily apparent no matter how much you go about it on your own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some people have talent, some people are intelligent, and the rest are educated. The first two are all likely to tell you - at least after they've gotten real life experience - education is the most important of the three, the other two just help out.

[Eccentric]

Why go to the trouble of getting through high school? Simple, post-secondary schools give you more options and freedom. Seriously, it's a lot more fun than high school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a more conventional note, you need to learn how to sit down and muddle through things that you don't necessarily want to be doing. I'm going to an art school right now, and my course is only a year and half long, so there's a lot to learn in that time. My classes are four hours long each; how much time do you think I can spend drawing a salt shaker before I get restless? The thing is though, I have to keep working in class no matter how much I don't want to be doing it. I also have to be constantly working on things outside of class if I want to get as much out of my classes as possible. When I get a job in the video game industry (I'm taking a course in video game art and design XD) I'm going to have draw and animate and all of that on the spot and whether I want to or not. It's an important skill to have, no matter what field you go into.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, there's a lot you learn at school. You know all that 'book knowledge' you learn? It is important. It's not necessarily about whether or not you need to know that an Anglo-Saxon king apparently got shot in the eye and that's what ended a large battle in England (which allowed the Normans to take over, incidentally), it's about using your brain and stretching it out. I don't like math, in fact, I abhor it, but I can still see the value in studying it everyday up to a point; if I hadn't done that in high school, my brain wouldn't have learned and made the connections it did to do it properly today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or, you can take a course like Literature. Literature isn't only a study of syntax, complex literary forms, and all that hubbaloo, it's a study of communication, human nature, and even a bit of philosophy. All of which will help you in the future. Not to mention you sound very educated and intelligent if you can quote Blake, or Wordsworth, or Shakespeare, and so forth. I don't care what you end up doing, you will need to be able to communicate with people, whether it be with written words, spoken words, pictures, or the like. It's amazing how similiar crafting a poem is to painting a picture or writing an essay; even presenting an idea to your boss in a confident, efficient manner draws on concepts you learn through the study of literature and communication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education is a gift, plain and simple. Yes, it isn't always delivered in a manner that suits you, but should you find yourself in that position, well, why not do some independent studies; I'm sure there must be someone at your school, along with a number of resources on the internet, that will help you stave off the inadequacies of your schooling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the composition itself, some of your grammar and spelling is a bit spotty, and it doesn't really flow all that well. You have several points, but you kind of wander through them with no particular order. The diction could be improved upon as well. It did, however, capture your frustration well.

[Bubbl3z]

it depends on your family and your cultural background. Those things influence how you think and how you've been brought up. If you are from a 'good' family, you're brought up more aware of the importance of education because chances are, your parents would have received it, and it would seem like a natural thing to get. However, if you are from a family where parents are unemployed, live on the dole, etc, you will follow their example and think what they are doing is normal. I do not mean this in any discriminative tone, but it's just a fact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For example, someone who has been to university and received a high standard of education (or college, in america) compared to someone who was a high school drop out, joined gangs, took drugs, etc... would be a lot more respected socially.

[manofthunderhearmecry]

You may not have the skills and opportunities necessary to become a professional artist or musician. Going through school opens up possibilities for other careers.

[ozecroc]

i think it is also a far more personal question of what you want to do with your life so. in australia you are more likely to end up with a job paying over 100grand a year if you join a trade and are smart enough to run it properly.