How important is education? Well, I was told all through secondary (high) school that I needed to do well at my GCSE's, then A-Levels, then it would be off to University and a job would await once that was done. Post-2008 I don't think they will be saying that any more.. probably more along the lines of "you need to work harder, do more extra-curricular stuff, be the best and not the rest".. you know, because there's less jobs and less on offer generally. That and the fact they don't know what else to say!
Learning maths and science at school level is important I think, as well as psychology and developing thinking abilities.. though obviously there's a contradiction; can't be teaching kids too much or they might start arguing back with a level of reason you can't defeat. But I had to do 11 GCSE's. What is the fucking point in that? I don't give a shit about learning another language, or history that they and the textbook has to offer. I could have excelled at the stuff I was interested in if I wasn't forced to learn so much stupid shit. What a waste of time.
I basically became disillusioned with the whole thing when I started smoking pot at around 15. Prior I was a straight A student (at one of the best schools in England). My father was a teacher and he has major issues with the education system, and Gove (politician). He tried to get his school to teach cooking and other essential skills, but it just fell by the way side to.. history, languages, and assorted shite.
Education isn't really about making people smarter. It's about making sufficiently intelligent people who can run machines but not ask questions about WHY they're doing it. The Western education system is stuck 100 years in the past. Our masters have no reason to change it any time soon, except to make it more grueling and punishing to children.
Learning maths and science at school level is important I think, as well as psychology and developing thinking abilities.. though obviously there's a contradiction; can't be teaching kids too much or they might start arguing back with a level of reason you can't defeat. But I had to do 11 GCSE's. What is the fucking point in that? I don't give a shit about learning another language, or history that they and the textbook has to offer. I could have excelled at the stuff I was interested in if I wasn't forced to learn so much stupid shit. What a waste of time.
I basically became disillusioned with the whole thing when I started smoking pot at around 15. Prior I was a straight A student (at one of the best schools in England). My father was a teacher and he has major issues with the education system, and Gove (politician). He tried to get his school to teach cooking and other essential skills, but it just fell by the way side to.. history, languages, and assorted shite.
Education isn't really about making people smarter. It's about making sufficiently intelligent people who can run machines but not ask questions about WHY they're doing it. The Western education system is stuck 100 years in the past. Our masters have no reason to change it any time soon, except to make it more grueling and punishing to children.
