Far before and after school [I Am a Believer In Education]

I personally dropped out of school at age 13, due to circumstances outside of my control at the time. However I continued to educate myself as best I could and continue to do so, and will always. I have several writing-books dedicated to various subjects.

I also hold the belief that learning should be much more ingrained into the everyday lives of children and adults alike, but especially when it comes to children it is structured where a child does nearly all of their learning within school walls, and it is seen as a reward to finish and get to go home and play, etc (Even homework is being phased out)
Instead, I wish people would realize learning is and should be an all day, everyday thing. I don't mean strictly book wise, as all things must be within moderation, but learning can be done in numerous ways.

I do happen to also think children of today are held to far, far lower expectations than they shouls be, but even then we shouldn't expect people to learn in the same ways.

Overall I take my personal education seriously though I have received no formal education passed middle school, and have no desire to change that.
I do wish I could find suitable teachers in certain sacred subjects I cannot learn on my own.

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33person · 26-30, M

I completely, completely agree with you on this... for this part of the world. In many African and Asian countries, young students are held to very high expectations, and homework there is far from being phased out. But I fully agree with you that education should not stop when the bell rings. Also, as someone who teaches lower-level math courses in college, I know that many students have not had enough practice with almost any of their math skills, so that either means they weren't given enough homework or they didn't do the homework they were given, or both.

Honestly, reading a great variety of books and watching documentaries and educational movies can be an excellent way to learn informally. In fact, it can be the most important part of anyone's education.

AKLRising · 26-30, F

@33person You are correct, and I completely agree with you also. Europe also has a superior school system.

And as a teenager, while trying to educate myself, I started each morning with a documentary and I have always gained various knowledge and new ideas through quality films.

And reading, of course, is extremely important to any human and I think it is not done enough especially by most children.
I've always pointed out that the Children's books from 100 years ago for example, are chapter books and beautifully written, stories with moral and substance, and now we have books with 5 pages and 10 sentences, with often a silly purpose. While books like Dr. Seuss are beneficial for toddlers, I will provide real books for my children so by the time they reach teenage hood they have already read all the classics, as opposed to introducing them to these books at that age, when they are not accustomed to it and therefore it is often harder to get them interested in it.

33person · 26-30, M

@AKLRising I've never read something so true in my life.

AKLRising · 26-30, F

@33person Thank you kindly

33person · 26-30, M

@AKLRising I want to clarify something I said about Africa and Asia. I did not mean that their education systems are good. I meant that they have the opposite problem of having excessive expectations or, to be more honest, infinite expectations, of their students. That makes the students feel they can never be adequate. So, if they feel inadequate no matter what they do, that's no way to inspire them to have any interest in learning. I don't think I made that point adequately before.

AKLRising · 26-30, F

@33person Oh, thank you for clarifying. I wasn't aware of that, so I'm glad to know.
And I agree, positive encouragement and setting achievable goals is important, aswell as igniting interest and a desire to learn and put in the effort.