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"School is like work"
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"School is like work"

Good god, I hate it when school staff say that school is like work, even though at work you get paid, and other things.

2 days ago, in order to welcome students back to prison, every class went to an assembly each period (each English class each period would go to the assembly). It was to tell us how college would be looming for us. Funny enough, they pretty much told us that only 9th-12th grade do colleges actually give a shit.

Not the point though. The school staff said that "school is like work". What's worse though, is that they told us to "think of this high school as a mini-version of the real-world". Even though in the real world, you have to pay bills and taxes, there is something called business and an economy, and such. I don't think school has any of this.

Seriously, go out in any given city's downtown, and experience the life and what is going on. That's the real world. Go to school, and you'll see a bunch of students who don't want to be there are there against their will, in a confined area, which they are not allowed to leave until 3-4 PM, and if they do try to escape they will be punished, and you have to repeat the process every, single, damn, day, with breaks and weekends in there, but only to start again until the end of senior year.

"Miniature real-world for youth" my ass. More like "miniature prison for youth". That's what school is.

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"School is like work" - James Comey - 08-30-2013 08:30 AM
"School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 08-30-2013, 08:33 AM
"School is like work" - James Comey - 08-30-2013, 08:36 AM
RE: "School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 08-30-2013, 09:20 AM
"School is like work" - 154bmag - 08-30-2013, 09:14 AM
"School is like work" - James Comey - 08-30-2013, 09:48 AM
"School is like work" - Meow I'm a Cat - 08-30-2013, 12:46 PM
"School is like work" - SoulRiser - 08-31-2013, 12:05 AM
RE: "School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 08-31-2013, 04:38 AM
RE: "School is like work" - Dunjen - 08-31-2013, 05:55 AM
RE: "School is like work" - Dunjen - 09-04-2013, 12:10 AM
"School is like work" - Lime - 09-04-2013, 07:55 AM
RE: "School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 09-04-2013, 02:34 PM
"School is like work" - James Comey - 09-04-2013, 02:50 PM
RE: "School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 09-04-2013, 03:08 PM
RE: "School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 09-04-2013, 03:08 PM
RE: "School is like work" - James Comey - 02-12-2014, 02:58 PM
"School is like work" - Trekkie_Aspie - 02-13-2014, 04:16 AM
RE: "School is like work" - James Comey - 04-17-2014, 12:11 PM
"School is like work" - GamerGurl - 04-18-2014, 05:19 AM
RE: "School is like work" - xcriteria - 04-18-2014, 06:13 AM
"School is like work" - KFC Nyan Cat - 04-18-2014, 06:31 AM
RE: "School is like work" - James Comey - 04-18-2014, 07:35 AM
"School is like work" - Ky - 04-18-2014, 07:51 AM
"School is like work" - brainiac3397 - 04-18-2014, 09:09 AM
"School is like work" - James Comey - 04-15-2017, 04:35 AM
"School is like work" - Avatar Korra - 04-15-2017, 09:11 AM
"School is like work" - James Comey - 04-15-2017, 09:15 AM

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