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The number 1 thing I hate about school.
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The number 1 thing I hate about school.

I'm somewhat of a regular around here, so you and I both know I hate school. But until today, I never truly realized WHY I hate school as much as I do.

The reason I hate school as much as I do is because of the political motivation behind it. I hate school because the only reason it exists is so the country can compete in international politics.

They honestly can't care less if there is no creativity in childhoods, creativity doesn't help the U.S. get Russia's support.

I hate international politics. Who cares if the U.S. can't get Russia's support, let's just let people live their lives the way they want. Can't countries just be the way they want to run it? No, MURKA HAZ TO FREE TEH CHINYSE FRUM COMMONISM! Well guess what? CHINA VOTED FOR COMMUNISM. SO DID RUSSIA! IT'S THEIR FAULT THAT THEY VOTED FOR A SHIT SYSTEM (in my opinion)!

They are educating us to be patriotic slaves to the government. That's why we say the country's prayer known as the Flag Salute, that's why we are chained to desks for 8 hours of our day!

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The number 1 thing I hate about school.

Government exists because people want it. Even in anarchy does a system of control exist. A system with followers and believers, and those who oppose.

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Moved it for you.

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RE: The number 1 thing I hate about school.

(04-24-2014 08:51 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  Government exists because people want it. Even in anarchy does a system of control exist. A system with followers and believers, and those who oppose.

I don't hate government, just international politics and patriotism.

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The number 1 thing I hate about school.

It's the way of the globalized world. No longer is it "your side, my side"

Isolationism died decades ago.

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RE: The number 1 thing I hate about school.

(04-24-2014 11:53 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  It's the way of the globalized world. No longer is it "your side, my side"

Isolationism died decades ago.

I know. I don't think entire isolationism is good, because we should still deal with immigration and imports, but "competing with other nations" is dumb.

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The number 1 thing I hate about school.

I dislike pure competition. In anything, a healthy mix of competition and cooperation makes for a good balance, and better people all around. Challenging others to be their best, as well as working alongside them toward that goal, is a principle that inspires good friendships, good tasks, and even a good market. Why wouldn't it work for countries?

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Cooperation is competition. Cooperation exists mainly as a form of competition, strength in numbers. The fundamentals of competition and cooperation have been horrendously corrupted by many today. The destruction and rebuilding of morals through corporate marketing and massive marketing campaigns, the leashing of government by lobby groups, have twisted these ideas to something purely destructive.

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^ That's...actually really profound. Reminds me of your original posts, before you devolved into School Survival's own memetic villain.

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The number 1 thing I hate about school.

The real me peeks out the abyss now and then.

Mainly because it takes a bit more time for the profound beast to awake, and time is something I have less of now.

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I doubt any student has ever been asked whether they actually care about competing with China or not.
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such necro
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RE: The number 1 thing I hate about school.

How do you feel about U.S. Schools competing against other schools from other countries?

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Welp. Im all abyss now. No more peeking...

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(11-14-2014 02:52 AM)craxyguy562 Wrote:  How do you feel about U.S. Schools competing against other schools from other countries?

It's bullshit. We care more about how our tests stack up to China's than kids' education or happiness.

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Does our being able to compete with China have to do with our own financial success, innovation, employment, general public wealth? I mean, if we continue to graduate dunces, where will America be in terms of our employability?

(I do a lot of Devil's advocating, but in this case, since it's about economics, I really don't understand very much! But I have a feeling being able to graduate smart, innovative people contributes to our economic health.)

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Nah. Its just we hopped onto the corporate capitalims bus long before anyone knew what it meant. So money was always something we did good at.

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