upstateyakker, thank you for the apology. I wasn’t necessarily targeting you. The entire way the school system is structured is broken. Everyone learns a little different. College has it a little better, letting the student make more responsible decisions, or not. Why does everyone have to learn in the same way, same classroom, with the same people that do not want to learn? Why are we trying to have young kids sit for hours at a time when they could learn so much more in an active learning environment? I was very lucky, I went to private school, I had a teacher in the 6th grade that made me want to learn and I have been hungry for knowledge ever since. The school system seems to me to be training people to obey, not to learn. Not to learn how to learn. ← This is important. You can memorize things all your life, but if you understand how they work, you put it together like a puzzle and it is easier and more fun. You learn people will quickly judge you by your communication skills. Proper grammar is necessary. It was my hardest subject, but people, in general, will quickly dismiss someone that is hard to understand in text.
When you get out into the job market you will not be working with people that want to be your friend. Teacher’s are doing you a disservice by treating you this way.
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Originally posted by penfishn around every bend theres the promise of a treasure that can only be caught and seen in a blink.. and in your minds eye..and sometimes if youre lucky..in a picture..its there for just a minute...then gone..but hopefully once youve seen it it will remain in your heart forever. Theres nothing like the "Smell" and sounds of the creek. Its not just one thing that makes it familiar..its all of it.