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Should everyone appreciate learning?

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#1weavile

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Me and my teacher had this discussion after class. She said that school was made for people to learn and that you should appreciate learning. Just this week, we had a test, like every week :p It was on SAT vocabulary. Everyone in the class studies for it, yet they study it just for the grade that come alongs with it. The next day, all the information is gone. I think that people should appreciate learning more because it is an invaluable gift. On to college learning, going to college used to mean that you loved learning and that you would have a life-long learning experience. But today, you go to college just to get that job, since that is all that matters, now. Do you think that people should appreciate learning? Or do you think that you should learn solely for that job that requires a degree?
 
I believe you should appreciate learning. While I did go to college because a job I wanted required a two year degree, I try and appreciate the experience I had there. I apply the things I learned to my everyday life and it has gotten better since going to college othere than paying off student loans. You shouldn't just know information for a test only and not remember it afterward. You will be making the same mistakes if you only wanted to learn something for a test and then forget it afterward.
 
We do weekly spelling and vocab tests too. It really isn't that hard, and I remember how to spell 90% of them afterwards. There are some things that I think schools go overboard with like history, but I agree that learning is something that you should be wanting to keep with you forever. Stuff like learning the history of the atom will maybe help 1 in 50 million people in life, but it helps people be well rounded.

As for the main question; I say both.

Boring and half-useless stuff like many history subjects; you usually do just to get your GPA up. Other stuff like math, science, reading, and electives are usually things that you will find useful later in life, and should learn to actually retain the knowledge.
 
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France.

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." - Oscar Wilde.

Basically what they both mean is, as long as you can apply logic to situations that matter, that's more important than understanding Mathematics or Science. An education is important, don't get me wrong, but it's your own common sense and instincts that get you through life.
 
I could care less about wasting 6 hours a day learning random, useless facts. I'm in it for the money. Yeah, this seems kinda extreme, but it's what most feel.
 
I think students shouldn't be forced to do half the junk they have to "learn". Ya, great. While we have to now teach kids how to exercise and they all have to have gym classes, music and art classes are being cut. :/

People are so stupid. I almost feel sorry for them. It's really pathetic.
 
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