So my last post made me sound very depressed and I would like to believe that I am a fairly happy individual, I just have some days that are pretty low. Either I'm bi-polar or I simply have unstable mood changes where I tend to have very big highs and and steep lows.
But anyway.
On with my life.
I am in a pretty spiffy mood today (don't even ask why because I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you) and I came up with a relatively genius idea according to what I normally think up in my mind. I don't know how long this is going to last but I would like to post something every day about a debate, conflict, idea, or law that I don't believe in or would argue against. I'm also thinking that this is going to help me write more often, because I LOVE to do so, and I think it will help me become more expressive and relieve stress since I cannot run until May. Except I totally ran yesterday, like, 20 times. For the first time. And it was great. But I was playing catch and frisbee so--
Yeah but back on track: today I will bring up my first of many topics that I would absolutely love to share my opinion and perspective on, and this morning I shall talk about education.
First off--I love learning. I like school, I mean, I've never really been one who enjoys being lectured or taking tests or spitting back information that someone has taught me and expects me to memorize (because really, how many people go to class and absorb this information instead of just memorize it for the test[s]?). It's a logical point in saying that it is much easier for a person to learn when they are learning about something that interests them. That being said, I have been through a load of school and haven't totally taken away much except for what I'm interested in, via writing, literature stuff, econ, uhm, some math, some history. But yeah, other than that...I'm at a loss for most of what I've learned. And you know what? Maybe that's just me being me. Maybe that's just how I am and I need to learn to keep this knowledge with me forever but the information I don't use and don't like gets kicked out the back door of my brain. Literally, if my brain had a back door I would be dumping out all the files and folders of chemistry and calculus because I don't use it in my normal life, and I don't need it in order to survive or get through the rest of college.
This is the point I'm trying to make: besides teaching school work in school they should teach us how to live.
Is that not reasonable?
I remember learning how to write a check when I was in third grade. I don't know if that's a good excuse for them saying that they at least taught us how to do it, but come on. Why are you teaching third graders how to write checks? They aren't going to remember that. And they sure as heck are not going to find any use in that sort of knowledge, and in their minds, that stuff is soooooo far away, they can just learn it later.
And I thought that I would learn it later. I thought maybe middle school, definitely high school, that they would teach us how to write a freaking check. But nope. No check writing. I didn't know how to write a check until I got out of high school. That bothers the hell out of me. That is the kind of information that ALL people should learn from a reasonably young age--I mean, when a person is able to drive they should learn how to write a check. It's not even hard. I think that those kinds of things should be taught and emphasized in school. Economics for example--I love economics. I love saving money, I love giving money, and I love being wise about investing. I wish that I had learned way more about how to pay my bills when I had gotten out of high school, and how to use a credit card wisely, and how to live on a budget while you are a college student. Why are my parents the only ones who are responsible for that?
This is a subject that I haven't been able to let go since I was in eighth grade. For me personally, this is a huge problem, because at this present point in my life, I have one parent, I live on a low budget, and I did not learn about the big world until it was too late and was thrown into it. I think high school kids should be prepared way more. I don't think growing up has to be as stressful as it is because I feel like part of my stress through this process has been my lack of knowledge on how to handle these grown-up situations. Again, I am only speaking for myself, I have no idea if other people feel this way, but I'm stating my opinion.
I am extremely curious as to what other people think about this and about every conflicting idea that I pose. So really, talk to me about it. Tell me what you think because I'm all ears. I love hearing people talk about their opinions and especially when people talk about things they're passionate about. They just get in this zone and the expressions on their faces when they talk about it...I don't know, I think it's pretty cool.
Also, super random but I have all these weird ideas. I had another: I want to put a song that I like on the bottom of every entry so I'm totally doing that.
Little Baby Sister - Kopecky Family Band
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