End Compulsory Education

wow, wow wow... that makes a lot of sense; scary thought!

 

Well first off education should be mandatory until you get a High School Diploma.

Second, kill all children with an I.Q. lower than 90, we need to make more space and unemployment is already much too high.

 

There is a profound difference between learning and education. An education is an attempt to try and make you into a mould of what is seen as "acceptable" by cramming facts, figures and stats into you, whereas learning is what happens when you are interested in something.

 

Most of the crap taught in school isnt even necessary. Figures and formulas are fine for someone who is taking that route later on, but for most its just a waste of time. The best years of your life are taken up mostly by school, and less than half of us will ever realy use what we were taught in our careers. Its sick how education is the number one priority in America, honestly. Teach children how to cook, how to clean without poisoning yourself, how to reach out into society and do something you believe in, how to take care of a small child. Things that everyone will use someday - not just a select few.

Figures dont make the world go round, people need to stop wasting away their lives. Figures are just things and ideas that people use to ammount to something.

People keep learning and this knowledge is becoming the advocate of hatred. How would someone know how to create an atomic bomb, or a nuclear rocket if we werent so obsessed with knowloegde? Back before tanks and mechanical monsters that have the capibilities to destroy anything its told to.

Some people say that money is the root of all evil. Maybe it is, but knowledge is what makes it grow. People need to get their priorities straight and stop making education the most important thing in our childrens lives, and ours.

 

so you're saying education isn't very important? That we shouldn't eat the fruit of knowledge, and instead remain simple and stupid? Great argument. Says a lot about your own intelligence.

 

Eating from the fruit of knowledge is what screwed us all out of the garden in the first place, sweetie. I dont mean that it isnt important, but it shouldnt be the first priority of our young people to stuff their minds with figures - most of wich dont pertain to day-to-day life.

 

oooh, because knowledge is bad. What is wrong with eating the fruit of knowledge? Because "God" says its a no-no? Just like the government; hiding the facts from us because they know once we figure things out we'll revolt and rebel.
Stop being such a godamn sheep.

 

Bloodynailpolish, Having a bad day? Looks like you are trying to pick a fight...

 

Hmm someone got up on the wrong side of the desk this morning.

Im not saying its bad. Im saying its overrated. Too much knowledge in the hands of people who strive for power is a bad thing, and its at anyones fingertips. If you want to talk about the government hiding something, start realizing the fact that the only subject people recognize when it comes to raising children is school. There is so much more to development than education and reading figures all day. I dont trust the minds of children in the hands of the government - they learn what they are taught, and they are taught what the school board wants them to know.

How am i the sheep when you are following in line with every other little pawn in america?

 

you're trying to argue that education isn't important; that being intelligent isn't important; that we all should be dumb and simple. of course I'm going to be quite surprised that anyone would think that.
Fine, go ahead and burn your books, and see how fast the people that read them will survive and flourish.

 

How do you think we would be communicating in an online Internet forum like this, if people didn't take the trouble to educate themselves and invent stuff like computers, servers, memory chips, etc. etc.

Maybe you should go back to using snail mail or pigeon mail and communicate with other dumb and stupid hippies who are too lazy or too fucked up to pick up a book to learn and study about how to make the kind of change they want for themselves.

Government and the establishment school system will only provide the knowledge they want you to learn. It's called CONTROL.

The rest depends on one's ability to use his/her own brain. Assuming of course, that one has one...

 

I, at least, understood what CUFF said, so at least someone here "has a brain"...

The problem isn't being obsessed with knowledge. The problem is the direction those with "knowledge" wish to take. Obviously, even if suddenly there WAS no such thing as public school, people would never stop learning, as the day you STOP learning, you may as well be dead. Humans are a very curious lot, and as such WANT to learn about things, so talking about how "knowledge" is the problem is all wrong. And worrying about what would happen if people were not "educated" is just foolishness. Because people WILL learn. Maybe just not always those things the government WANTS them to.

"Knowledge" is not much different than "opinions". For example, you can research a certain thing. One direction the research goes is the direction of ONE opinion or set of opinions and "facts". These opinions and facts are well documented and they can PROVE their side. But if you go looking in the OPPOSITE direction in your research, you will find yet MORE beliefs and ideas and "facts" on the totally opposite side of the coin, and those people, too, can prove their case. You see this every day. So, who is "right" then? Knowledge can go in a million different directions, but they are not all the RIGHT directions.
Anyhow, the TRUELY knowledgeable person realizes how LITTLE they know.

Does public school "teach" any of THAT?

 

Just because i dont see education as a number one priority doesnt mean im a "stupid hippy". Im current in colledge studying philosphy, actually.

Internet isnt a necessity. Continuing to build technology inst a necessity. People get into of colledge and usually have no idea how to juggle the real world and the world of compulsory education, because they dont know which is more important. Im not against education in the least, but there are things far more important to teach our youth than figures.

You seem like you have a very one-dimensional view of the meaning of education. That, my friend, is called ignorance.

 

Hmm. Yet, you somehow found yourself logging on to your computer, access your Internet connection and found it necessary to post your reply, via the Internet, of course. You're a joke :jester:

You've stuck your head deep inside your ass, in it's "many dimensions", whatever that means, way far too long, you've lost touch of reality. That, my friend, is called ignorance. :jester:

 

There is a BIG difference between "necessity" and "choice". Computers are NOT a necessity!!!! Just a very handy hobby. If you can't have perspective on this and simply turn it off and walk away, it becomes a PROBLEM.

And calling folks names because you don't see things the same way they do IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED NOT TO DO IN SCHOOL. You appear to have a VERY onesided and limited vision of this subject. And THAT would be labled ignorance.

 

Yes, it fucking IS.

How the fuck, did you just manage to post your fucking response. :jester:

Mother,
Typing in caps, is just plain fucking rude.

Didn't your own mother teach you that? :jester:

 

this thread is turning into a little bitch fight it seems over technicalities.
Internet isn't a neccesity. However, its certainly useful to have around. Just because someone uses it doesn't mean they need it to survive.
Knowledge IS important. Knowledge doesn't only come from compulsory education. Saying that knowledge is evil because evil people can learn things is just plain stupid.

 

With our technology driven society, modern inventions such as the automobile, computers, including the Internet, is necessary.

Unless, some of these bogus "hippies" want to hide themselves under the sand, and deny the search and use of knowledge, including technology.

 

I dont see how ive stuck my head up my ass in the least. My point was only that figures should never be the number one priority of young people. Education doesnt simply mean numbers and words - education on the real life issues that affect our youth is something that isnt adressed enough by schools. Figures arent life.

Knowledge is important, but its what is being taught in schools that should be re-considered on the priority list, not schooling itself.

 

And CURSING at people in 4 letter words is far more rude than using caps to add EMPHASIS.

Don't worry 'bout it, Stev90 is just trying to pick a fight with someone, apparently. Maybe this hits too close to home for him somehow.

We all know that computers are not a necessity. No more so than having electricity or indoor plumbing. Really nice to have, yes, entertaining and useful, yes. BUT, I can shut my electric off, and go to the outhouse, and it bothers me NOT. My home is actually set up ON PURPOSE to live without these "finer" things if necessary. I actually feel sorry for people who become so addicted to modern technology that they can't imagine living without it! I'll use whatever is available to me if I'm interested. That's all. Perhaps someday real soon we will all find ourselves without our technological gods. And then it will not matter one bit if we went to school and memorized all the math and science and social studies and algebra, or whether or not we have a computer... Because what will really be important is food, clothing, and shelter, AND being able to get along with others.