why does school feel so miserable for some, and what was it created for?

so I'm like still in school. and let me tell you it's not really the best, at least from my perspective. I notice that many kids have taken to disliking school. but why? why would people dislike learning? why would be so curious when we were kids but then want to play videogames rather than being in school? for me it's not that I hate learning, I just don't really like sitting at a desk all day and listening and studying stuff that I have no interest in. my mind just disengage from certain classes. and i sort of want to know why. so I started researching the origins of schools. from what I got from reading a couple of articles here and there, it seems to be because in the industrial revolution factory employees wanted workers that would follow instructions or show up on time. and one quote that summerizes this I think is from john D rockafeller, though I don't think he actually spoke the words.

>I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.

there's also information about schools coming from the factory model, or something that prussia used to quell rebellions in the 18th century.

this doesn't look like a constructive criticism, but it's not really intended to be one. this is just for more information on the origins of school, as well as to understand why someone would feel kind of miserable going to school.

I mean to be fair, we all feel miserable in all levels of working, it's not great, working, it takes a lot of physical and mental effort. We'd preferr the things that play to our dopamine or pleasures, so this might not be a result of school being controling, but still, I'd like to know. also, without school, what would we say is the alternative system? I mean without school wouldn't we still be illiterate farmers hangin out in villages?

I do question why school teaches subjects that seem, shall I say, irrelevant. like what are we realistically supposed to do with the Pythagorean theorum, like have you used it any point in your life? most of us don't grow up to be mathematicians or scientists or chemists. although there are practicle needs like managing finances, I just don't see much relevance in many of the topics. it seems like a sit still and listen rather than learning from that perspective.

if this post gets deleted, my apologies, I'm not sure if this is even the right community, it's an education community, so I suppose it's where you talk about anything education.

good day.

Submitted March 3, 2026 at 06:50AM by Dismal-Price-4423 https://ift.tt/poOzJNd