No, not even a little.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Also, I'm willing to bet this post was made by some privileged kid who had to go to school and didn't like it. You should talk to the children all around the world who are literally dying for an education, and try to tell them that they're lucky for not having to waste their time learning and getting to enjoy their families. I just read a story about a little girl overseas who was //shot in the head// for wanting an education. They're not allowed to be educated, but they want it so badly they are willing to die for it. Be. Fucking. Grateful.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If you're following Disney Channel's after-school special logic, sure. But reality is heavily reliant on your education. And to not be educated...education is a HUGE privilege. Learning is fantastic and I love going to school and learning all these new things about math and food and writing...I'm always surprised when I hear people say that they love the social aspect of school, not the learning aspect. I mean, maybe I just think differently than the common teen, but I try to educate myself whenever I can. Everything is a new learning experience and it's so exciting to think about how much more I'll know 10 years from now. You should keep a good balance of education and friends and family. If you can't keep a balance, chances are, you're doing something wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Don't get me wrong, I like learning when I want to. Learning can be fun and I like being intellectually stimulated. And I know that I'm lucky to be able to go to school. But when I grow up, all I want is to be comfortable. I don't know what kind of job I want, but as long as it's interesting and doesn't require me to take my work home with me, I'm good. I care about education, but my one ultimate goal in life is to have good, strong relationships with the people in my life. That's not to say that I'm unbalanced though.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

How the hell do you expect to be comfortable? Do you think a high school diploma with straight D's will get you a nice cozy job with retirement benefits? Fuck no, chances are you'll be slaving away at a minimum wage job for a big corporation. People who prove they can be successful get paid. People who went through high school that failed all their classes and dropped out at 16 do not prove to be trustworthy to any employer. They will not get a good salary. This may not be addressed directly to you since you say you still care about education, but this whole post and nearly all who agreed with it are stupid kids who will get a nice little awakening when they figure out school and education matters. They can go rant on and on about how "only love matters" but let's see if they can eat "love". In case you couldn't tell I really hate this post and the fact that it has a positive score is **really fucking pathetic.**

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Let me explain myself better here. I'm not saying that education isn't important. When did I ever say I was a straight-D student? I've gotten A's and B's throughout all of high school. My GPA is not good enough for me to get into Harvard or Yale or anything like that, but that's okay because I don't want to go to those schools. I'm going to apply to college, of course, and my unweighted GPA of 3.6 is good enough to get me into the colleges that I want to go to. I think your argument is a little extreme, and I don't see how you can assume the situation of everyone who voted YYA on this post. This post makes a good point that sometimes, people DO lose their perspectives and sense of themselves, and that can be harmful. OP never said that education wasn't important, just that we need to make time for other things and not spend all our time focusing on our grades. I am an intelligent person and I know that, but I pride myself more on being well-liked, trustworthy, friendly, and helpful. As long as I have the grades anyway, I don't understand what's so bad about the fact that getting a nice (personality-based) compliment from a friend makes me happier than getting 100% on a test.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I did mention that my comment may not apply to you, since obviously you said you care about education. However, I am addressing the people who think education is not important at all, and that happiness is only important. I am not disagreeing with that, but just pointing out that you almost always cannot have happiness without a steady income. The people who believe school is meaningless are really stupid, and I will not go back on that statement. I never said you should always put education in front of social things. However, this post goes to the extreme, saying things like success and smarts don't do anything, and that only being loved helps you in life. Good for you for being happier about friends than getting a 100%, but it's not a smart decision if you were to care about your friends more than the fact that you are failing all of your classes.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

All right, that is more fair. But I will still argue the point that OP is saying that school is meaningless. Of course, I can't speak for OP, but again, I think this post is more saying that we spend too much time getting caught up in the wrong aspects of education, and it's important to remember that at the end of the day, one's academic standing doesn't hold as much value as society can make it out to. We are not robots. The argument about what matters more when we die is a little weak when you look at people like Shakespeare and Beethoven, but then again, wanting to be remembered is one of the last things I'm worried about. But that's another discussion. I also think this debate is difficult because the term "meaning" is quite vague. Education is meaningful in some ways, and love is meaningful in others. I personally find love to be more meaningful, but saying that does NOT mean that I think education is meaningless. I think that's the main problem I have with your argument. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

by Anonymous 11 years ago