Rant About School System, Anyone Agree?

Hello, I'm 14 and in the 8th grade. I go to a school that's both a high school and a middle school, and to be honest, I don't want to go on to high school. I want to drop out, really bad... but why not? All these expectations.





You have to graduate. You have to get a job. You have to have money. All these statistics they MAKE, not let us, but MAKE us live up to until we're old to enough to where THEY think we can make our own decisions. Didn't do your homework? Well, I guess I'll give you a really bad look and tell you that you're going to fail?





They tell us to think, but once someone finally does think and says, ';Uh, why do we have to graduate?'; They point they're machine guns at us, tell us to study, and give off a nazi solute.





I get what they're trying to tell us, because it is kind of true. Without a diploma, life WILL be harder in a lot of cases, but who gives a ****? We should still be aloud to decide what we want for ourselves, because, well, isn't this America?Rant About School System, Anyone Agree?
While I don't completely agree, I do see where you're coming from. You basically have a very libertarian view about life, it seems. You're not saying that the education system is necessarily bad for everyone, you're just saying that you think that people should have a choice about whether to particpate in it or not.





As a teacher, I sometimes feel the same way. We should let students decide whether or not they want to be there. If they don't want to be there, do us both a favor and don't waste your time or mine. Let the other students in the class learn the material I'm teaching and you can make a decision about what you're going to do with your life.





It does make sense to a certain extent, doesn't it? I'm not sure young students should really have the same freedoms as adults, though. If we let six year olds decide whether to eat ice cream or broccoli, they'd probably mostly all choose ice cream. If you don't require students to go to school or do homework, they probably won't. You don't appreciate some things until you're older. A lot of the things I was forced to do when I was younger are things that I appreciate now. You can't always see that at age 14 (I'm 27 and thinking back to that time).





I think your point should apply to older people, though. Or maybe students who have demonstrated some kind of competence (that would be hard to test, though). I do recommend staying in school. Like you said, you will be better off with a diploma. You might feel resentful that you're being ';forced,'; but don't think of it like that. Just do it for yourself. Or don't. But think things through before making a decision that affects your life like this.Rant About School System, Anyone Agree?
Yes it is America but if you want to be able to be able to support yourself, have a job of your choice or anything else really you need to finish high school. In Australia though we seem to have more options. We can go to a Technical High School (new) where they teach you trades, Traineeships, Apprenticeships, Tafe (Community College) or University. I say go all the way, no point in dropping out.
if you want to be a loser, do it your way. if you want to be succesful, take the advice from the adults who have been in the real world.
Wow your dumb. School is the most important thing in anyone's life.
Are you complaining about the teachers of your parents? Your teachers value education and believe in their hearts that the best educated have the best opportunities for making educated choices and they believe that the world can benefit from the future leadership of educated people. How can you expect educated people who have dedicated their lives to educating new generations to see things in any other way? Believe it or not, the more educated you become the more ways you might find to make education more meaningful, interesting and rewarding for the next generation.


If you don't like things the way they are become educated in all of the possible alternatives and then become a motivator of change.


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