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Why I don't like school | thesephist.com

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Okay, maybe that title is a little too harsh. I don’t hate school. I think it’s an okay resolution, to be honest. But on the whole, I’m not to happy about the fact that school occupies 50+ hours of my week – 25% more than a full-time job. And you can agree or disagree with me, my opinion’s very personal on this topic, but here’s my account – my story – of why I don’t like school. Because this is somewhat of a long story, and I have a lot to say, it comes in three parts: first, on the idea of learning, second, on my personal experience, and third, on my perspective on how we as a society view education. If you’d like to cut to the chase, feel free to skip to Part Three. As a preface to what’ll unavoidably be something of a downer of a post, let me start by recounting what I do like about school. I like that I have school. I like that I have practically free access to education, which is unfortunately and disappointingly something we can’t say for the majority of the world. I like that I

Okay, maybe that title is a little too harsh. I don't hate school. I think it's an okay resolution, to be honest. But on the whole, I'm not to happy about the fact that school occupies 50+ hours of my week - 25% more than a full-time job. And you can agree or disagree with me, my opinion's very personal on this topic, but here's my account - my story - of why I don't like school. Because this is somewhat of a long story, and I have a lot to say, it comes in three parts: first, on the idea of learning, second, on my personal experience, and third, on my perspective on how we as a society view e

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