Reasons why I dislike school
Setting word limits teaches you to flesh out a subject and truly research it and teaches
you how to use sources, how to reference, how to cite... It can be frustrating but
5 pages or 10 on how jazz has made music rise back up could be covered in a number
of ways. It may seem stupid, but those limits certainly helped teach me how to research,
form arguments, and look at the subject in different ways to make the paper longer.
You say "Speaking of certain topics, why would you give them. There's a very likely
chance that one person, at least, will not know the topic." That is good. That means
they will have to learn about the topic and actually further their knowledge. This
is not a negative thing. "some of the stuff you learn in school will more likely become
irrelevant to you in the future." Sure, some might. However, using the argument that
you want to not learn things because you may not use them is, to me, a little silly.
Learning is always good, having knowledge is good. Just because you feel you may not
use it does not mean that you won't. Again, learning is good. People say this with
things like Math or Literature classes and I find it odd people don't want to have
knowledge. Yes, some teachers suck. It is unfortunate when you get a bad teacher,
but not much of a debate there... About the P.E. It may seem stupid, but those limits certainly helped teach me how to research, form
arguments, and look at the subject in different ways to make the paper longer. You say "Speaking of certain topics, why would you give them. There's a very likely
chance that one person, at least, will not know the topic." That is good. That means
they will have to learn about the topic and actually further their knowledge. This
is not a negative thing. "some of the stuff you learn in school will more likely become
irrelevant to you in the future." Sure, some might. However, using the argument that
you want to not learn things because you may not use them is, to me, a little silly.
Learning is always good, having knowledge is good. Just because you feel you may not
use it does not mean that you won't. Again, learning is good. People say this with
things like Math or Literature classes and I find it odd people don't want to have
knowledge. Yes, some teachers suck. It is unfortunate when you get a bad teacher,
but not much of a debate there... About the P.E. uniforms, I believe that is because you do activities in P.E. that require movement. I never minded changing, I'd rather not get what I'm wearing
sweaty or dirty from whatever activity there was that day.
Pro vs. con view
Topic space view
