Do not get me wrong, there ARE some teenagers who can concentrate for longer than 30 seconds on something as simple things like algebra, or as passionate as the periodic table. To be completely honest, most teenagers have other far more pressing matters on hand, for instance imagine your average seventeen year old male doing a 'complicated' maths equation. Now flowing through his head right now are lots of numbers and a few letters thrown in for good measure. Suddenly his head has forgotten ALL about the problem, and instead he is thinking about how great the girl sitting two seats to his left would look in all her glory.
HORMONE RUSH! Seriously, how the heck do people expect us to sit in plastic chairs reading from pressed trees when WE are in our prime!!?
Ok, I'm not that bad, but I see it in everyone around me. The glimmer in their eye as 'The One' walks past... Kinda sad, no? They date for ONE day, and they start talking like they will "always be together"... Two days later they are both happy singles on the prowl... Yeah, be careful, don't blink, you might miss an eternity.
So, with all the hormones and lurve in the air, how do the teachers of the world expect to teach teenagers about facts, words, numbers and reason?
I have learnt a lot from school, but anything that is of no interest leaves my head within minutes. So, I have bits and pieces from here and there, funny and sometimes useless information. But if you asked me to tell you the names of all of the 'wonders of the world', I'd have no hope.
But, with all that aside, if we were to go to school later in life, would we ever actually want to? It would be a job that you had to pay to do. Even though many do waste the time in school, that is their problem, they will find out that later in life.
*Pointless fact: 87% of teenagers thought about sex while I was writing this post.
Well, that is my slurge for today, I'm going to be writing more and more about my experiences now on!
See you later!
* Pointless and probably not real... It was probably more like 97%...
Ahhh a brilliant writing!! Being one of the middle-aged sect.. I would like to say - that as we grow older we actually do have a yearning to further our education. I also know that as a teen you tend to find that impossible haha!
ReplyDeleteIf you have a look at your family (and those who extend from it) you will see a LOT of evidence supporting my case. All of these people who went on to further their education later in life discovered that learning IS in fact fun and rewarding - and many of us acheived the impossible in our work - 100%.
You'll work out who I am soon enough.
Hope it's ok that I follow your blog! xxx
@ MiniAussie: Yes, you are 100% right. Also one must take into consideration the current raising of the 'NOW' generation, as I call it. Everything must be obtained NOW, and with the recent uprising of the internet they are indeed capable of finding out things with technology. There are some things however that cannot be learnt through the internet. All I can say is this, the world is a strange place, and I hope to see as much of it as I can!
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