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The Problem With Highschool

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“The lack of experiential learning, everything you teach us is in theory and intangible therefore it makes life seem like this rigid societal machine instead of the organic beauty it really is. School dazes us it doesn’t WAKE US UP to the power we have. ”

“I don’t like that they make us make decisions at such a young age that will determine/direct our future. The choices and grades you receive when you are 15 determine where you will be when you’re 18 which determines what job you will be able to get when you are 23 which determines your way of life when you’re 30.”

“Everyone has a learning style that fits them better and schools need to attend to that more.”

“They rely more on memorization than actual knowledge.”

“The huge amount of homework/assignments/tests students received from multiple teachers, all due within a close time period. This results in students only having 6-7 (and sometimes even less) hours of sleep each night (so much for teenagers having to have 8-9 hours of sleep to grow properly!)”

“For non-semestered school, it’s so hard for students to complete 6 -8 exams in 10 days in the middle of June. I had 2 days during exam week where I had 2 exams in one day. Many people do not sleep, and walk around with koala eyes.”

Filed Under: weTHINK Tagged With: do better, excape, high school, wethink, youth think tank

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