Feb 2014
My mom teaches 3rd grade
She teaches these 8 year olds about acute angles and obtuse angles and the first presidents of the United States of America and things that will not help them when they are 17 and and are told to make a decision
They’ve never made a decision and they don’t even know the meaning of the word repercussions because they’ve never had any
They can tell you how many syllables are in the word and maybe how to spell it and they can probably identify it on a multiple choice test but ask them to analyze how their decisions affect others and how it affects their own life and how one thing relates to another and watch their faces drop
Students are taught from the age of 5 that if they do well in school and pay attention and stay respectful and do what they’re told that they will be fine And students grow up and some believe that
Some live their whole lives believing that
And some realize that is complete and utter *******
Some realize the reality that is the hypocrisy of our system
You go to school for so many years and you do everything “right” and maybe you make a few mistakes but then you go to college and you spend all your parents savings and you spend all your own savings and you come out with a college degree…and you’re drowning in more debt than you ever thought possible
But you have a college degree, so you’ll find a job, because that’s what they told you
They told you to listen to them because they did it and look! they’re fine!
But what they didn't tell you because they didn’t realize is that everything has changed and we can’t always learn from our parents lives and mistakes and accomplishments because everything has changed
Knowing the square root of pi will not ease your mind when your thoughts are going awry
Maybe what will is knowing why you think the way you think and how you’ve been taught to think that way think and realizing that you can think on your own without other people telling you what to think and think think think think think THINK
If you repeat a word too many times, it loses it’s meaning
If you are told something too many times, it loses it’s meaning
If you are told something too many times, if you are told something too many times, if you are told something too many times…you won’t believe it anymore
She teaches these 8 year olds about acute angles and obtuse angles and the first presidents of the United States of America and things that will not help them when they are 17 and and are told to make a decision
They’ve never made a decision and they don’t even know the meaning of the word repercussions because they’ve never had any
They can tell you how many syllables are in the word and maybe how to spell it and they can probably identify it on a multiple choice test but ask them to analyze how their decisions affect others and how it affects their own life and how one thing relates to another and watch their faces drop
Students are taught from the age of 5 that if they do well in school and pay attention and stay respectful and do what they’re told that they will be fine And students grow up and some believe that
Some live their whole lives believing that
And some realize that is complete and utter *******
Some realize the reality that is the hypocrisy of our system
You go to school for so many years and you do everything “right” and maybe you make a few mistakes but then you go to college and you spend all your parents savings and you spend all your own savings and you come out with a college degree…and you’re drowning in more debt than you ever thought possible
But you have a college degree, so you’ll find a job, because that’s what they told you
They told you to listen to them because they did it and look! they’re fine!
But what they didn't tell you because they didn’t realize is that everything has changed and we can’t always learn from our parents lives and mistakes and accomplishments because everything has changed
Knowing the square root of pi will not ease your mind when your thoughts are going awry
Maybe what will is knowing why you think the way you think and how you’ve been taught to think that way think and realizing that you can think on your own without other people telling you what to think and think think think think think THINK
If you repeat a word too many times, it loses it’s meaning
If you are told something too many times, it loses it’s meaning
If you are told something too many times, if you are told something too many times, if you are told something too many times…you won’t believe it anymore
