Journal #5 “And what did you learn in school today missie?”
>I was really struck by the papers we read in class by "Mark Edmunson" and "Earl Shorris". They brought out an entirely new side to schooling I have never thought about. Throughout my school carrier I have been a believer that school is a necessary evil in which you must go through to make money. I figured once you memorized something and passed the class that was all that mattered and I'd somehow find a job that would correspond with my interests. It intrigued me how they, the authors, focused on the facts that schooling is not just for grades, diplomas don't get you good jobs, and that most students have now become virtually "shopping" for their classes.Until now I had never thought that the final grade of the class was not the “end all be all” of the reason for taking it. Doing the busy work and writing mediocre papers were part of the norm. But as the paper made me think I began to make another analysis of the entire thing. Even if you do all the work and you get a passing grade if you got nothing from the class it didn't matter and you did it all for nothing. Teachers give you assignments for a reason and teach you certain things hoping you'll understand specifics and apply them in your life. Not that I thought we weren’t supposed to learn anything, but it is deeper than memorizing facts and passing tests. It is almost taking principles to heart and living by them. After I had thought about this it really struck me: I was doing it all for nothing and wasting my time at school.For my entire life I have been taught if you get a diploma you get a high paying job. Not true. If I don't specifically plan my course through college I may end up working for scraps and waiting tables at Denny's. There is so much more to it than that little paper. I need to find ways of getting into my field of study, what I love. I need to start taking the initiative now or I will get nowhere. I can’t just scrape by in school! Because how I face work in school I will probably take that tactic in my job, and I do not want to be just “scraping by” in life.I have sometimes tried to take the view of the teacher before, but by no means have I understood it. They put so much effort into what they are doing for you. And the other students, like myself, shun the teacher because they are trying to actually make us learn something. How can this be? What happened to wanting to learn something? It is not fair! It is not right! But there is nothing I can do about it but change my own views. All I can do is have more respect for those who truly teach and not entertain. I’ll put my best effort forth at getting what they are trying to give to me as well as make my own analysis about the work and apply it to myself so I can become better.
Schooling is all about growth, learning, and reaching beyond what you truly are. I am just beginning this adventure/ journey/ hardship and am not that great yet, I am not on that deepest level of thinking by any means. But I am grateful I have been able to turn my views around so early on in my academic career.
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February 18, 2012 at 1:31 pm
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