more school

February 17, 2006 Posted by mitch | school | 0 Comments

Why do I have to subject myself to this torture called school? I totally get the idea of school, but is it me, or is it possible that the decline in the public school system isn't entirely their fault? I guess you could argue that if they took a page out of India's schooling systems book and quit babying people, and making students keep up, or get transfered to a "lower" school system. I don't know what the answer is for the school system, as I'm sure if I say anything I'll overlook some circumstance thus being unfair to a few. Also knowing my position on my High School experience, I don't know how or if my proposals would negatively affect me or if it would have been the insparation I needed to care about school. I didn't do badly in school, just wasn't ever trying to be an "over achiever". I was perfectly happy with B's and C's in my classes. I hated busy work, and alot of times, I completly refused to do it.

However, I'm talking college here. I don't believe they should be bending over to help people get through their courses... If they fail, they fail. Having courses that are designed to help the slower kids get up to speed, or having tutors, individual study courses, ect. Or going to the opposite, having Advanced courses for those that can be taken IN PLACE of the normal course, or even doing the self study courses that help the students that know the basics to really challenge themselves and learn. Of coarse I think a student that does these advanced courses should be able to get something on their degree that says they did take this advanced course as something to show to employers above the regular "degree". But then that also brings into question... is a degree really worth anything? Is it just becoming "normal" and we are now starting to require more than a degree because the education system is really failing... its a vicious cycle. You don't want to completly write people off, but is it right to punish the other 25%?

I don't believe its right to punish either side... but something needs to be done about it.