when did education become a burden?

Learning is something to be valued and enjoyed yet I feel like at some point in my life I just learned to dread school. Was it something I learned from friends or siblings or the media? School is supposed to be fun, right?

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raysam363 · 31-35, F

About the time when it became rote memorization and forced. Most schools won't teach actual life skills anymore, instead going over broad concepts that may or may not apply to the student's life. Is the history of the Soviet's Union economy interesting? Yes. Is talking about obscure authors neat? Of course. Are they necessary for everyday life? No.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@raysam363 given the sudden sharp fall off the Soviet Union, I think that is something that is important for people to understand assuming they are getting the truth of it and not some propaganda message. We live in a society where people vote. That only works if they are informed. Obscure authors not so important. Soviet economy, very important.

raysam363 · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco Important as a note, maybe a single class. Not a week or more.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@raysam363 I disagree. If we have people voting, they should have an in depth understanding of multiple economic theories.

Bad politicians are a symptom of uninformed voters. Yet they have extreme influence on our day to day lives.

raysam363 · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco A brief lesson will suffice for grade school. Pumping college electives into them can only make them hate school more.

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

@raysam363 When I was in high school (1972) I had a class called "Life Management." The teacher was young and smart, and she taught us things we would find necessary in the outside world. Things that were happening THEN -not obscure years ago. That was the only class I had I had any use for.