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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ThePerfectUsername · 70-79, M

Aged 30 after having served my time as an apprentice engineer I suddenly found myself being made redundant and went back to college full time to re-train in computers. I was a complete computer nut and enrolled for 6 different classes in the subject but was told that I had to substitute one of the classes for a non-computing one.

I chose Environmental Science and discovered for the very first time what a difference a truly inspired tutor could make. Phil Lasan, the head of the environmental dept, lead the classes and was every bit as passionate about his subject as I was mine. And he changed my life for ever, and gave me a passion for learning that has never deserted me.

So few teachers it seems are capable of doing.

lka2802 · 26-30, F

@ThePerfectUsername If every teacher were like this, it would make so many students' lives so much better!! It honestly boggles my mind how little teachers get paid :/

SomeMichGuy · M

@lka2802 ...but kids prior to elementary school already have a built-in passion for learning. We don't need teachers to re-kindle that fire, we need parents/family/friends & schools/teachers/methods which don't extinguish this in the first place.