My problems with the school system

Recently I've been thinking about how bad the school system really is. A lot of it is outdated or useless facts I will NEVER need. Tell me one time knowing shakespeare actually helped you IRL Or how about the mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell? Yeah, maybe if your a scientist it could help you, but a very , very large majority of the students in school will never need to know this information. You know what I might need to know though, how about the laws of my country. I have no idea what the laws of Canada are besides obvious ones like don't kill or rape. Did you know in Toronto it is illegal to swear on a public park? I didn't until I searched Canadian laws a few hours ago. I live in Toronto, so you think that this would be helpful knowledge would it not. I also don't know my HUMAN RIGHTS. Do you realize how utterly insane that is. I DON'T KNOW MY OWN RIGHTS AS A HUMAN BEING. I've had people tell me to search it up on the internet, but if I'm at school for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 15 years (not including college/university) why is this not something I'm taught? Where does money come from? I don't know. I have no clue how the thing that motivates the world came to be or how it's made. I also don't know how to trade stocks or manage a company if I want to start one, but I do know mental math. Even though the same device I would use to call 911 has a calculator. How come we always learn through textbooks. Not all students learn like that. Not everyone can read and remember from just reading. Albert Einstein once said "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing it is stupid." This is exactly what school does. Why was school invented in the first place? To train people to work in a factory, that's why. Don't believe me, then why do we have to be in nice neat rows, sit still, don't speak, do nothing but listen for 6 hours, only allowed a lunch break. We also have grade A or grade A meat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTwDDTjb6g Who know who has the best education system. Finland. They start school later (age 7) and longer breaks, but this helps education. Finland's teachers actually give a crap about there students. Teachers there are required to have between 5 - 7 years of university education. Teachers though, are under payed. They have one of the MOST important jobs. 20% of the population are students, but 100% of students are the future. A teacher can inspire a student to do something great. Another thing that annoys me is that a lot of teachers say that the kids aren't the problem, it's the parents, but if you taught the kids how to parent that's the problem.

Sorry this was a bit rambly. I just had to rant about how bullshit the school system is.

Submitted August 22, 2017 at 12:34PM by 14Skeeter1 http://ift.tt/2xqkLKx