95% Of The Time School Is Unnecessary

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Anything you want to learn you can just go get the books on your own, surf the internet, and ask people who know. 

Now, if the point of school is having a certificate or degree to prove proficiency in a particular field, then rather than school, they should just have exams and  other practical tests where people can prove their worth to a perspective employer. 

[Sikotic™]

Very true. Especially the higher you go in education. You realize how much of it is beaurocratic BS.

[WestCoasta]

you only learn something if you're interested, no matter where

[DipsetGeneral]

especially MATH!! FUCKIN A MAN! Ive avoided it in college as long as I can but I finally couldnt dodge it nemore.  Today was the first day of the semester   Math is so pointless though, I am never gonna use this stupid shit ever, fuck math

[Don Seer]

I use math on the daily...

I was getting low-ish math grades throughout school.. then i started on a computer course.. i had to retake the same maths test again that year.. i skipped these extra lessons for the whole year bar a bunch at the beginning and end.. so basically about 15 lessons.. and i passed it.. just coz i'd learned how to look at things right through other experiences..

IMO its not enough to teach someone something.. they have to know WHY. a twist on the old "teach a man to fish" thing

teaching a man to teach himself is one of the best skills you can do. my job today everything I do is self taught, and i'm learning daily.. and i've learned to find the information I need to get my job done.

i found that through my experiences that teaching style helps a great deal

[Don Jacob]

i've always have been good at math , that's why i will be bill gate's accountant when i get my masters from USC 

[WestCoasta]

I lied to my counselor when asked if I passed my math high school exit exam

some california test to get outta high school that went in effect a few years ago in order to graduate

I got in a situation somehow where the lady had to mark down something when filling out a paper about me

and instead of looking for proof that I passed she asked me and I said yes tho I failed

and in 9th grade my teacher was an idiot and would give us the answer

then in 10th grade I payed the kid in front of me $20 to write on little pieces of paper the answers to the final

pretty much because I missed class a few times a week

so I cheated through high school math, I don't know shit when it starts getting into algebra 

[ecrazy]

Math is the reason it took me so long to transfer outta comm. college

[Primo]

Yes it is bullshit. You could be a genius with no schooling and not get a job because you don't got a piece of paper.

[J Bananas]

school is what u make it, i loved it, not cuz i learned shit, but you really learn your social skills there and how to have a face to face convo with whoever you want. bryan just hates it cuz he was always picked on 

[LooN3y]

school is a failing system. quarter of the kids learn bout illegitimate shit they can do  n usually end up most likely in jail n the lucky smart ones become the big dope dealers n mob heads.

[J Bananas]

school is a failing system. quarter of the kids learn bout illegitimate shit they can do  n usually end up most likely in jail n the lucky smart ones become the big dope dealers n mob heads.

wtf?

[Shallow]

95%? I don't think so.

Just because you guys don't use adavance level math and sciences doesn't mean they aren't useful. They drive our technological industries. If Math and Science weren't taught in school then none of you would be on your PCs even posting these messages. Sure you can learn on your own, and I agree with Sik that theorhetically a person can take a high school level degree and enter most jobs by learning what they need to independantally rather than through College, but you can neve take away what direct competition can do for your learning as well peer study. You can learn a lot more by trying to one up your classmates or catch up and by working with them. Even outside of the school system is a lot easier to learn with a teacher of some sort than just by reading.


Infinite; how far do you think your knowledge and uderstand of Islam has come since learning from various Imams, as opposed from just reading yourself. Am organized governemt regulated system may not be perfect but I've yet to see a better way to teach the masses.

[Sikotic™]

school is a failing system. quarter of the kids learn bout illegitimate shit they can do  n usually end up most likely in jail n the lucky smart ones become the big dope dealers n mob heads.

You're on to something.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Infinite; how far do you think your knowledge and uderstand of Islam has come since learning from various Imams, as opposed from just reading yourself. Am organized governemt regulated system may not be perfect but I've yet to see a better way to teach the masses.

Read my opening thread again man.  I didn't say everything had to be independant study, read it again, I said "or ask someone who knows".

And as far school and "teaching the masses", let's say 24 people all want to learn the same thing.  So you would think if they all chipped in and paid the teacher to teach them it would be less money then if you hired an individual private tutor.  But even at the community colleges people are paying $500 dollars for classes, you could get your own tutor and get 1 on 1 attention for way cheaper than that; and the learning would be much more effective.