Do you learn anything? - Page 4

*Spin Da Ish* · Jan 26, 2007, 12:59 PM

At school all things we learn eventually go away but once you keep on doign them it will eventually come back. Although we do learn and cram for tests our short memories will only last for the test if we cram
Thats why there are grades. Each one reviews each and grows on it until you go to university which growns on everything you know. Thats why staying in one school is the best so you follow the school and not go at diffrent paces. I recently changed school and they go way to fast for me. im failing french and harmony{musical theory} You should also go to the university that the school suggests for your ablilty.

Cobra_Commander · Jan 26, 2007, 03:04 PM

School taught me things of course but a lot of things I learned from life in general. Living through things can teach a person a lot.

JefferyXie · Jan 26, 2007, 05:11 PM

I know for a fact that schools in some countries forces you to research for information instead of the teacher telling you everything and the reverse in other countries.I don't think that school is just about getting high grades and things like that,but mainly to prepare for the challenges that the outside world as i have already mentioned but mentioning it again just to prove my point.

Namida Goddess · Feb 08, 2007, 09:02 AM

It really depends on the students and their values and hopes for future. A person who would be more than happy working in McDonalds or a gas station for the rest of their life (no offense to those that do) could care less if they learned anything or not. Others who dream of becoming lawyers and doctors hold themselves to a higher standard and take the opportunity to learn. I have learned a lot even though some classes were really boring.

*PsiKnot* · Feb 08, 2007, 11:21 PM

Almost everything that you are taught is public school will be of use to someone. Not everyone know what to do with their life in their junior year. Maybe the bio or the chem or comp may come in handy for them. K-12 is just to build an educational foundation for what you will want to learn. All the other stuff you learn... well just call it a bonus.

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Originally Posted by Arrianna

Things I learned at public school:

My girlfriends don't have a brain in their heads when it comes to cute guys.
Guys and what you did with them last Saturday is more important then test scores.
Guys will stab their best friend in the back for a cute girl.
What halls to avoid at what times to keep from being harassed.
You can get away with wearing the exact same shirt as another girl if you tell her it looks awesome on her in public.
Pictures drawn about the subject can be turned in for extra credit.
4 different colored pens will enable you to pass Geometry even if you can't remember a single theory.
Teachers can get you out of anything if they like you.
You can get a B in any class if you don't F the test and the teacher likes you.
You can get an A if your friends will call in present for you and the teacher likes you.
Hitting things don't fix problems but they sure can open a stuck locker.
It is possible to sleep through any class once you learn to do it with your head up.
Drawing on school property only gets you in trouble if it's not artistic.
A social life is more important then your education.
Once you have been accepted into a college you can do anything you want as long as it doesn't get you expelled.

Everything else I learned by 5th grade with the exception of Art (and Algebra which I didn't learn in school but from a tutor).

@Arrianna-Where did you learn how to do the amazing amount of research you do?
You forgot 16. Girls will stab their best friend in the back for a cute boy. (just being fair)

glacier · Feb 17, 2007, 08:59 AM

i never learnt anything from my school [esp. high school]. more than 15 subjects [u don't want to know..] and all of them must more than 7.5 [pass grade] but in my program [ i took science] it's 8.0 and it's hard for me to keep up my school's pass grades bcoz outside school i've another activity most in music and sport. i feel weary and it become worse when i enroll to my present high school. it's neither national high school nor int'l high school. it's in the middle called national plus.the only gud thing happen in my daily mundane high school is my friends. and i think it's true that not only brain makes you success but your personality, how to socialize with other ppl. and i can guarantee, never, all what u've got in high school [college or even univ.] will be 100% used in your real life. that's why i stop my high school and enroll to homeschool program and..hey...it's better and more fun..

*Arrianna* · Feb 17, 2007, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PsiKnot

@Arrianna-Where did you learn how to do the amazing amount of research you do?
You forgot 16. Girls will stab their best friend in the back for a cute boy. (just being fair)

I taught myself after I got to college.

As for 16, no, we didn't stab each other in the back, we had dibbs. You don't poach on another girls dibbs.

Darkened_Star · Feb 17, 2007, 02:39 PM

I learned stuff up until the 8th grade. Then things seem to really repeat themselves. I've learned new stuff in math and science since, but nothing really in anything else. I think it just gets pointless after a point for some people. Schools is so boring anyway. ^_^

*divine_punishment* · Feb 17, 2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exoparadapsyphobia

Schools are there so that we can learn, but do you really learn anything from them? Most students simply try to cram five pages of information in their brains before a test and then completely forget it afterwards, that's why schools normally spend half the year just reviewing what you "learned" the year the before (my school does it, don't know about the rest).

So far, I haven't really remembered anything that I saw in school, that might just be my short term memory loss kicking in though. But it seems to me that no one else really learns anything either. So far the only thing I remember how to do from school is wield, draw, write, spell and fill out checks. The most prominent of my skills being in writing and spelling, I don't remember any math, history, or science except the basics that you learn in 8-9 grade (I know allot of history, but I didn't learn it in school). Not even what we were doing last week

. And I see this happening with allot of other people too. I've learned far more watching the History Channel, Discovery Channel, books and movies out of school than I have in school, which I find very odd.

So do you really learn anything in school? Not the population in general, but you specificaly. And if you don't learn in school where do you get most of your knowledge from?

I feel like I learned a great deal in school. Perhaps it was just because I wanted to learn. I will never forget the Pythagorean theorem nor the quadratic formula; I can recognize iambic pentametre a mile away; I know all 206 bones in the human body. In other words, you take away what you want from school. I will never remember the difference between parabolas and hyperbolas; I will never remember the entire table of elements . . . it's all a matter of what you like, what you want to remember.

!serven_of_god · Feb 17, 2007, 03:21 PM

Well i dont no what my schools doing sicnes its 7th to 12 grades I think they are having a hard time just to do there work and teach use drivers ed class or reading compleatly i just sit there and just day dream all day if u think im not getting good grades then y do i have a 80 in reading, math, and even langeriges reats. my school is the bomb to they got a snack stand and a line for pizza and just the food that schools give out ramdomly. thats my que

*lebasiara* · Feb 22, 2007, 01:12 PM

It depends 50% on the student and the pther 50% on the teacher. Explanation: the metodology of teaching can be so boring that the student losses interest on the class, therefore the student puts no effort in really learning. The "study" become just an interest just to "pass" the class but not paying attention if "I am learning" because the class is so boring that there is no motivation for learning.
On the other hand, if the student just does not want to learn -just because he/she does not have interest itself- the methodology of the teacher can be the best and the student can be yet not learning.
It depends as I said in how the professor teaches the class and how interested the student really is to learn.
As in my case, i have had professors whose teachings remain in my memory and I still apply the information to my life. Nevertheless, I also have had professors whose teachings I really don't remember and I really do not care.

Jan 26, 2007, 12:59 PM	#34 (permalink)
Spin Da Ish Abomination Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 785 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Credits: 10,202	Re: Do you learn anything? At school all things we learn eventually go away but once you keep on doign them it will eventually come back. Although we do learn and cram for tests our short memories will only last for the test if we cram Thats why there are grades. Each one reviews each and grows on it until you go to university which growns on everything you know. Thats why staying in one school is the best so you follow the school and not go at diffrent paces. I recently changed school and they go way to fast for me. im failing french and harmony{musical theory} You should also go to the university that the school suggests for your ablilty.
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glacier Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MayaAlpha Posts: 76 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 674	Re: Do you learn anything? i never learnt anything from my school [esp. high school]. more than 15 subjects [u don't want to know..] and all of them must more than 7.5 [pass grade] but in my program [ i took science] it's 8.0 and it's hard for me to keep up my school's pass grades bcoz outside school i've another activity most in music and sport. i feel weary and it become worse when i enroll to my present high school. it's neither national high school nor int'l high school. it's in the middle called national plus.the only gud thing happen in my daily mundane high school is my friends. and i think it's true that not only brain makes you success but your personality, how to socialize with other ppl. and i can guarantee, never, all what u've got in high school [college or even univ.] will be 100% used in your real life. that's why i stop my high school and enroll to homeschool program and..hey...it's better and more fun..
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!serven_of_god Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Williamstown 17098 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: -200	Re: Do you learn anything? Well i dont no what my schools doing sicnes its 7th to 12 grades I think they are having a hard time just to do there work and teach use drivers ed class or reading compleatly i just sit there and just day dream all day if u think im not getting good grades then y do i have a 80 in reading, math, and even langeriges reats. my school is the bomb to they got a snack stand and a line for pizza and just the food that schools give out ramdomly. thats my que
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