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"Hated" is the Keyword Here

Now that I'm older and in college, I can honestly say I really love school. I've come to see the value in an education and I've actually come to regret a lot of the time I spent slacking off in high school. If I had kept the same grades back then that I currently have right now, I could have gotten into a top-notch university. Not Harvard or Stanford, but maybe NYU or UCLA.

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HootyTheNightOwl

Schools in general could do a lot more to make it easier for children to love learning, though.

Removing the bullying that happens in compulsory education will go a long way to achieving that.

As for me, I studied part time in a college, too - and I loved the way that it felt a whole world away from the compulsory education that I received as a minor, too.

deadmoon · 31-35, F

@HootyTheNightOwl I also believe that certain classes should be replaced with something that is a bit more practical. I never understood why we had to take all these complicated math and science classes in high school when most of us will never use any of that shit. I always thought classes like chemistry or physics should be reserved for college when taking those courses are essential to a student's major.I never saw much value in them as high school courses. A course in personal finance would have been much more invaluable to high school students, especially since it's something practical that everybody will be able to make use of no matter what they choose to go on to study. Having taken a course in human sexuality, I also think that would have been invaluable as a high school course since the teachings of a human sexuality course is also something that everybody can apply to their lives. So that's one of my criticisms regarding compulsory education. I would have preferred to spend less time studying material I will never use and more time engaging with courses that are a little more practical and vital to everyday life. And of course, bullying is a huge issue as well and while most schools do have a "zero-tolerance policy" for bullying, you wouldn't know it by the way they often mishandle bullying cases or complaints from parents.