- Jan 9, 2001
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So a friend of mine is talking to his dad about a biochem project that we had to work on. He was explaining how he was going about doing the research for it or something, and his dad said "well, you'd probably learn more about it, and get a clearer picture if you looked up in [such and such source]". My friend, turned to his dad and said:
"Dad, it's not about learning, it's about school."
I was rolling on the floor. It's funny, but in a way it's also sort of disheartening because it's so true. So little of what we do in school everyday actually has to do with furthering our own learning, it's about making our teacher happy and "earning" the grade we want. It's like, we do all this useless crap now because it supposedly earns us the right to hopefully one day down the line do what we want to do with our lives.
I liked it so much, I added it to my sig.
edited the title since everyone seems appalled at it rather than humored by it...
"Dad, it's not about learning, it's about school."
I was rolling on the floor. It's funny, but in a way it's also sort of disheartening because it's so true. So little of what we do in school everyday actually has to do with furthering our own learning, it's about making our teacher happy and "earning" the grade we want. It's like, we do all this useless crap now because it supposedly earns us the right to hopefully one day down the line do what we want to do with our lives.
I liked it so much, I added it to my sig.
edited the title since everyone seems appalled at it rather than humored by it...