When I was on a school placement, there was a lot of, “This is boring! Why do I even have to learn this?”
I think a lot of school is about learning how to learn and having to face boring things, because not every job is going to be smelling the roses everyday.
I have to say, the curriculum includes content on respectful relationships and social-emotional learning, which I’m a big fan of. Although I’ve yet to see anyone teaching this stuff.
I lived through school, hell I worked in the school I got schooled in, I still came out going “wtf are taxes and how do I responsibly spend money?” and do not get me wrong, I do not blame the education system for my lack of knowledge, but also… urg, I’m probably a few wines deep for this, but nothing in my education really prepared me for the real world, but after working in a school I do not at all blame any of my teachers for that. Why do I know more about the Medici Family than I do about budgeting? Why was I judged on a 90 min test with zero ability to reach for real world knowledge?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Do you think that should also mean a 4 day school week as well? One day a week off school is like a month out of the entire year off school.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Yes. I reckon a lot of schooling is training people to be accepting of work bullshit.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Fkn aye
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Yep exactly.
Neo-liberalism at its finest.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I mean, school should also probably reflect more of what we face out in the real world, but that’s an entirely different discussion!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I wholeheartedly agree.
When I was on a school placement, there was a lot of, “This is boring! Why do I even have to learn this?”
I think a lot of school is about learning how to learn and having to face boring things, because not every job is going to be smelling the roses everyday.
I have to say, the curriculum includes content on respectful relationships and social-emotional learning, which I’m a big fan of. Although I’ve yet to see anyone teaching this stuff.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I lived through school, hell I worked in the school I got schooled in, I still came out going “wtf are taxes and how do I responsibly spend money?” and do not get me wrong, I do not blame the education system for my lack of knowledge, but also… urg, I’m probably a few wines deep for this, but nothing in my education really prepared me for the real world, but after working in a school I do not at all blame any of my teachers for that. Why do I know more about the Medici Family than I do about budgeting? Why was I judged on a 90 min test with zero ability to reach for real world knowledge?
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Maybe, some schools take 3 weeks off instead of 2 during the little breaks so that’s 3 weeks out of the year anyway for them.