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Roboka
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The Problem
I can't take it anymore. Countless hours of useless work day by day is just making me go insane. It's become so bad, I don't even want to learn. I don't even want to anything. When it finally is the weekend, I feel like it only lasts a couple hours.
What is the real problem?
Adults. Adults are the real problem. They were the ones that made this shitty school system. They were the ones who corrupted millions and millions of kids endangering their career and their future. It was them that forced kids to go on in an endless cycle where when you grow up, you forget how awful it was and force your children there because you think "Ooohhh, it was NESSECARY for me, and it is NESSECARY for you."
Bullshit.
You all know damn well that you are judged by your ability to sit down, shut up, and complete uncountable assignments that wreck both your body and your brain.
And that is how childhoods are spent on Earth.
That's just it. If you are creative, friendly, humorous, or something like that, but you aren't smart, they screw you over and you feel worthless.
That is how they do it.
Since you participate in nothing else, since school becomes the basis of your everyday life, you begin to feel worthless.
For many of you, that is your motivation.
Acceptance.
You want to pass. You don't want to look retarded. You don't want to bring home an F and get grounded and do it over and over again.
But I am going to tell you, it's okay.
It doesn't matter.
I don't care if you are dumb, I don't care if you have a disorder, because when it really comes down to it,
Nobody should.
We are all equal. Just because they want you to get good grades, it doesn't mean you need to. There is most likely something else in you. A gift. A passion. And it is getting overshadowed by this prison filled with kids who hate it just as much.
So don't let it get to you. Your parents don't decide your life. Your Teachers don't either. All they do is try to raise you so you "fit in" with a society that has now been destroyed and will take ages to rebuild.
I have finally decided,
And I hope you do too,
I am not going to let school wreck me.
(This post was last modified: 01-31-2014 09:51 AM by Roboka.)
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We may be a product of the previous generation now, but we have the potential to become something more.
Our generation will not be consumed by the influence of those who came before. We will define ourselves, and we will be victorious in the face of a defeatist system.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
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Trekkie_Aspie
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Hey! I just thought of something.. how about making a global umbrella school or something?
And yeh... 99% won't do shit. But never doubt that a small group (1%) can change history. It's the only thing that ever has. Revolution .. and a revolution doesn't have to be violent. Remember Going Postal? The law says golems are property so they save up and buy themselves. It was the quietest, most socially responsible revolution in history.
If I seem rude to you, please call me on it gently.
One thing (among many others) school couldn't teach you.
((Google Asperger's Syndrome))
stupid article
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Potato
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Quote:Hey! I just thought of something.. how about making a global umbrella school or something?
#khan academy
"I never said half the shit people say i did." -Albert Einstein
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail, there is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers. That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."-Stephen Hawking
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RE: The Problem
(01-31-2014 08:57 AM)Roboka Wrote: I can't take it anymore. Countless hours of useless work day by day is just making me go insane. It's become so bad, I don't even want to learn. I don't even want to anything. When it finally is the weekend, I feel like it only lasts a couple hours.
What is the real problem?
Adults. Adults are the real problem. They were the ones that made this shitty school system. They were the ones who corrupted millions and millions of kids endangering their career and their future. It was them that forced kids to go on in an endless cycle where when you grow up, you forget how awful it was and force your children there because you think "Ooohhh, it was NESSECARY for me, and it is NESSECARY for you."
Bullshit.
You all know damn well that you are judged by your ability to sit down, shut up, and complete uncountable assignments that wreck both your body and your brain.
And that is how childhoods are spent on Earth.
That's just it. If you are creative, friendly, humorous, or something like that, but you aren't smart, they screw you over and you feel worthless.
That is how they do it.
Since you participate in nothing else, since school becomes the basis of your everyday life, you begin to feel worthless.
For many of you, that is your motivation.
Acceptance.
You want to pass. You don't want to look retarded. You don't want to bring home an F and get grounded and do it over and over again.
But I am going to tell you, it's okay.
It doesn't matter.
I don't care if you are dumb, I don't care if you have a disorder, because when it really comes down to it,
Nobody should.
We are all equal. Just because they want you to get good grades, it doesn't mean you need to. There is most likely something else in you. A gift. A passion. And it is getting overshadowed by this prison filled with kids who hate it just as much.
So don't let it get to you. Your parents don't decide your life. Your Teachers don't either. All they do is try to raise you so you "fit in" with a society that has now been destroyed and will take ages to rebuild.
I have finally decided,
And I hope you do too,
I am not going to let school wreck me.
That's the spirit  It's the spirit of rebellion -what they try to suppress in us. It's nice that someone saw the real problem- the adults may not be the ones who invented this shitty system, but they keep supporting it which causes more damage than most people notice. I salute you in the spirit of sincere rule-breaking. *salutes you*
Don't play chess with pigeons-they'll just knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut about like they won anyway.
-the Internet
Quote:May the days and months of flowing bitterness be rewarded...
To forget!?
Unforgivable!!
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SoulRiser
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Not all adults are the same. I'm technically an adult.
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I would refer you all to The Desert Fox's sticky thread on here, but that would be redundant.
Returned after years hiatus.
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RE: The Problem
Even though I'm kind of guilty of the same thing, I think if you were in my class you would consider it a bit of a reprieve from that.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
Captain Beefheart
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Trar
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(02-01-2014 10:50 PM)TheCancer Wrote: Even though I'm kind of guilty of the same thing, I think if you were in my class you would consider it a bit of a reprieve from that.
I'm curious. I appreciate your efforts already, going from this post alone, but I'm still curious.
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(01-31-2014 10:14 PM)Potato Wrote: Quote:Hey! I just thought of something.. how about making a global umbrella school or something?
#khan academy
That's... not a global umberella school? This is more of a thing that's a name to put on a diploma...
If I seem rude to you, please call me on it gently.
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stupid article
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Actually, it does... do you have a link to this plan?
If I seem rude to you, please call me on it gently.
One thing (among many others) school couldn't teach you.
((Google Asperger's Syndrome))
stupid article
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Roboka
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RE: The Problem
(02-01-2014 01:54 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Not all adults are the same. I'm technically an adult.
I'm talking about the low-life morons who developed the school system, and the ones that think school is actually a good place.
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