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Tokyo, 1950 // Ken Domon
A little rant about school and system from me...
The problem with education is that we learn to pass and get good grades, it doesn't matter if we have memorized anything about those topics, it is important that the passing grade is good and that has been built into us since the 1st grade of primary school.
Instead of learning because we are interested, that we enjoy reading and maybe researching on that topic ourselves, we are stuck in a room with people we may or may not like that much, from the early morning with barely 4 hours of sleep. We come to school, supposedly learning, although we come out of it even more confused with (minimum) 3 tests in the next week, 4 examinations, 2 large projects that will be at least 50% of the grade and one seminar. Let's get to work.
Okay, I learned 3 subjects, 4 more left, to finish seminar and projects... Wait, my friend invited me to go for a walk... "No, I'm sorry, I'm really busy, but I promise - next time!" Life flies before my eyes and I only sit and study... and for what? Because the system determined so. I miss my friends, I miss being happy, I miss a stress-free life ... When will summer come? Come on, focus! It's not like you're going to need this, but you have to get a good grade.
"No repeating test, come prepared for the test, not to fix the grade next class. Learn to learn for the test, not for correction!"
I don't want to study for the test, I want to study because I like it, because I'm interested in the topic, because I feel better, but how can I do that when I have limited time and a scale from 1 to 5 that determines my value? I'm tired of this system, but again, what can I do about it?
I don't care about grades anymore, that's what.
When I say that, I don't mean "Uh, now I won't move from the armchair, I absolutely don't care, it will be what must be" but I rather think "I won't allow numbers on paper to depress and discourage me, I learn for myself, for my future, to build my personality, not for someone to tell me 'Great, all A's, you're smart' ". I am making my way and my future.
I don't need validation from a broken system to be happy.
(If there are any mistakes, I am not native speaker and I wrote this in my native language, so, please, excuse them.)
