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On July 02 2012 06:04 Otolia wrote:
In many rural areas in the world, kids don't have schools. I bet they enjoy making matches/toys/bicycles/whatever 12 hours a day, every day of the year.
You are in need of a much more accurate referential.
It's all part of the SYSTEM, MAN.
Kids in the U.S. are taught how to work mediocre jobs and consume items that are manufactured by corporations with overseas production facilities, and these same corporations (with some help from banks, domestic and international) have the U.S. government in their pocket.
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I was a white kid in high school - my parents never said fuck it. Although I got A's by myself with no prodding from my parents - but yeah, I had to learn the information myself too.
Maybe it's a problem with the system. But learning to learn on your own is a skill you should have in the real world. You're not going to have someone holding your hand all the way through life, so high school is a good time to learn that you have to learn some things on your own.
Shrug. High school was shitty because I had no freedom. I'm about to graduate with an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and move on to Medical School - all because I learned not to expect anyone to teach me anything, just to guide me in the right direction to teaching myself.
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Only problem I have with high school is that you're surrounded by idiots. University does a good job filtering a good portion of them and then 1st and 2nd year finally kills off the rest. Unfortunately, after graduation, I'm going to have to deal with these people again.
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On July 02 2012 06:47 jpak wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2012 06:40 serge wrote:On July 02 2012 04:51 Roe wrote:On July 02 2012 03:53 Superiorwolf wrote:
I found that high school teaching is much better than college teaching for me so far, then again I loved my high school. Good luck! how come you found high school better than college? Probably because he got a degree in philosophy, language or other such retarded shit. What a fucking idiot. Rating this blog a 5 because yes, everything you said is true for nearly every school in the states. You have to understand that no serious person wants to become a high school teacher and none of them have any fucking brains. When you get to a university, things will change. It's extremely difficult to get a PhD in a serious field so you can bet you're going to be learning from the best. Just make sure to choose the most difficult major you can so you don't end up reliving your nightmare of talking to incompetent advisors/department heads or retarded lecturers who ramp up the difficulty in new and innovative ways because their course is way too fucking easy otherwise. micronesia would like to have a word with you.
Well it doesn't really have to be me...
Some of the most brilliant people I ever met were teachers. Some of the dumbest adults I met were also teachers... generalizing doesn't accomplish anything.
Not really relevant but I think it should be pointed out that the most brilliant person in a field is rarely the best teacher of the information of that field.
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On July 02 2012 06:27 Thrill wrote:
If you don't know it before highschool, you won't learn it in highschool.
I disagree.
In the US, I feel like the norm is: High school teaches more than middle+elementary school combined, while college teaches more than all of grade school combined.
Anyway... OP, I'm sorry your teachers are so terrible (though I can't help but think you're exaggerating quite a bit.)
Things like "Most are incredibly lazy and just loaf around, telling you to look in the book when you have questions, assigning inane, repetitive assignments" seem pretty common in US high schools, while "They also grade everything whimsically, giving C's and B's for no good reason" seems like hyperbole. And as for "getting a good grade on a test is incredibly hard and requires MASSIVE MASSIVE preparation"... college is all like that.
Almost all administrators are "stupid fucks" (well, not exactly, but pretty close) who give you "almost zero flexibility in [your] scheduling." But please do realize that if administrators were to be flexible with everyone's class schedules, they'd likely end up with impossible class sizes and such. (It really is a slippery slope here.)
That being said, not allowing you to change classes is... certainly very unfortunate. Have you considered trying to take college courses instead? (Will your school let you? :/)
It's strange that your (Californian, it seems? Probably Bay Area?) school would be in such bad shape physically, though...
And finally, I'm preeeetty sure that your school isn't "setting you up so [you'll] get into a terrible college." I'm sure there are people from your school who go to top-tier universities... Realize that if you're working your ass off to get to where you are, they're probably working three or four times harder (and have luck on their side. But that doesn't mean luck isn't on your side; luck favors the prepared!)
(edit: if you want to learn math on your own, check out MIT OCW, Khan Academy, Art of Problem Solving, cut-the-knot, math.stackexchange.com, etc.... and if you want to learn programming/compsci, the internet is probably the best place to do so.)
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You're complaining about high school? Dude, my high school's roof f***ing collapsed. and not only did we have competitive asians, we also had competitive white kids because a lot of their parents were university professors. All this in the middle of a boring ass town with nothing to do but stare at cows
trust me man, high school sucks for just about everybody
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#firstworldproblems
More seriously, schools are a rather inefficient way to learn. Self learning, home education, and correspondence (Including the internet  ) are much better at teaching. If you personally can put the work in to study on your own then it doesn't matter what school you go to. I feel sorry for the people who had to go through ordinary schools rather than home school like me :3
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On July 02 2012 12:44 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2012 06:47 jpak wrote:On July 02 2012 06:40 serge wrote:On July 02 2012 04:51 Roe wrote:On July 02 2012 03:53 Superiorwolf wrote:
I found that high school teaching is much better than college teaching for me so far, then again I loved my high school. Good luck! how come you found high school better than college? Probably because he got a degree in philosophy, language or other such retarded shit. What a fucking idiot. Rating this blog a 5 because yes, everything you said is true for nearly every school in the states. You have to understand that no serious person wants to become a high school teacher and none of them have any fucking brains. When you get to a university, things will change. It's extremely difficult to get a PhD in a serious field so you can bet you're going to be learning from the best. Just make sure to choose the most difficult major you can so you don't end up reliving your nightmare of talking to incompetent advisors/department heads or retarded lecturers who ramp up the difficulty in new and innovative ways because their course is way too fucking easy otherwise. micronesia would like to have a word with you. Well it doesn't really have to be me... Some of the most brilliant people I ever met were teachers. Some of the dumbest adults I met were also teachers... generalizing doesn't accomplish anything. Not really relevant but I think it should be pointed out that the most brilliant person in a field is rarely the best teacher of the information of that field.
Well you're the only teacher I know on TL.
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I went to a Blue Ribbon high school, so my experience is quite different.
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On July 02 2012 20:59 TOloseGT wrote:
I went to a Blue Ribbon high school, so my experience is quite different.
I'd like to mention that my high school also frequently gets this "blue ribbon" thing.
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I agree I should probably complain less.
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