Ironic that this happens just as the government issue cuts in university/college spending eh?Continuum said:
My problem with the school system.
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I feel somewhat the same way, the exam system is based (up until GCSE at least) on your ability to remember facts and repeat them back, this is not a test of intelligence but (what one of my teachers referred to as) the "trained monkey" approach.
The sytem is the best it can be for now, in adult life you can take courses you previously failed or do something different failing is by no means the end.
Regarding illness, I had cancer at age 9 which impacted heavily on my schoolwork, I still passed with 10 GCSEs. I failed my A Levels, did different ones at a different college went to uni, graduated with BA Hons Media Studies and English Literature in May 2008. Couldn't find work and remained unemployed up until now (I now do voluntary work for a company called BTCV).
Education is important but it is not the only thing, most jobs i apply for only care about he number of GCSEs not the actual grades.
In short; school good exams bad, but live with it, bad results are not the end of the world, there are plenty of opportunities to redo or add to your current grades.
If all else fails watch "Everyone is free to wear Sunscreen".
The sytem is the best it can be for now, in adult life you can take courses you previously failed or do something different failing is by no means the end.
Regarding illness, I had cancer at age 9 which impacted heavily on my schoolwork, I still passed with 10 GCSEs. I failed my A Levels, did different ones at a different college went to uni, graduated with BA Hons Media Studies and English Literature in May 2008. Couldn't find work and remained unemployed up until now (I now do voluntary work for a company called BTCV).
Education is important but it is not the only thing, most jobs i apply for only care about he number of GCSEs not the actual grades.
In short; school good exams bad, but live with it, bad results are not the end of the world, there are plenty of opportunities to redo or add to your current grades.
If all else fails watch "Everyone is free to wear Sunscreen".
Actually the main thing I hate about the school system we were pretty much told that if you're not academically gifted then you're pretty much useless, that you must get a degree or you've wasted your life. They focus purely on academic stuff and while that's fine for people like me who enjoys maths and physics, my friends whose skills were more manually based were lef in the corner and almost made to feel stupid. Schools are there to educate all children, not just educate the ones destined to be doctors, lawyers or proffessors. Plumbers, Roofers and Mechanics are just as important to society. It's no wonder that the less academically gifted kids become disillusioned and go off the rails now, is it?
Well that's funny. I got though the school system with reasonable grades. Not enough to get to uni, mind, so I'm doing them again. But anyway, I'm going to uni. Why?
Backup plans.
My real plan for life is to be a house husband. So my life isn't determined by the grades I get in that little piece of paper. But I'm still going to uni. Partly because of the aforementioned back up plans, and because the entire system seems built to tell you that anything but university is failure.
Backup plans.
My real plan for life is to be a house husband. So my life isn't determined by the grades I get in that little piece of paper. But I'm still going to uni. Partly because of the aforementioned back up plans, and because the entire system seems built to tell you that anything but university is failure.
I've probably had this conversation with 15 of my friends. High school/most schooling in life does not prepare you for the real world, thus is not a good measurement of how you will succeed in real life.
You are forced to learn things you may never really need, instead of finding your strengths and building on those.
Just my $0.02.
You are forced to learn things you may never really need, instead of finding your strengths and building on those.
Just my $0.02.