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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 1 of 70 13 May 2011 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I felt the previous rant was long an unnecessary, here is the shortened version without
any emotional input~ I've been homeschooled for a long time, I've gathered enough information to get into college by age 12 and pass the GED but my father does not want me to have a GED and graduate college with a Ph.D by age 24. The problem I have with going through "formal" high school is that I already know 95% of the things they teach and it's a huge time waster. It's messing up my own studies and my Spanish is going along so much more slowly (yes there is a Spanish class there) than it was before. I don't know how to handle re-learning everything I've learned. I know I sound like a bratty kid who doesn't want to do his homework but trust me, I still work hard. Well, I get good grades, not much work is required. This is a private school of 5 kids by the way and is a LOT more advanced than public school which my brother is in. Edited by Akao on 13 May 2011 at 11:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6373 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:17am | IP Logged | ||
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No. You're not a bratty kid. The education system is a horribly backwards mess. It's
more like anti-education mixed with propaganda. It is complete waste of time for most subjects and horribly inefficient in other subjects other than to get a qualification to allow you to get into certain careers. The whole thing is about jumping through hoops and submitting to authority figures to mold you into a compliant docile citizen incapable of critical reasoning skills. Practical skills would be better learned on the job as in times past as an apprentice. The theory is easily learned by yourself. Exams and tests are out dated. Physical lectures are ancient artifacts. The whole thing has not been updated to the simplest discoveries of efficient learning or technological advancements. The so-called education system is so badly corrupted and kept stagnate in 19th century methods by the government that it is practically worthless for true learning in a modern world. I am convinced that the thing that has prevented me learning more than any other single factor is the badly named 'education system'. 10 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Magdalene Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5037 days ago 119 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, German, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 3 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Samuel Clemens ("better known by his rap name, Mark Twain" --Khatz at AJATT) once said,
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Interpret as you see fit. Edited by Magdalene on 14 May 2011 at 12:33am 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 4 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:35am | IP Logged | ||
I guess I missed the previous emotional rant, so I'm unclear: are you still being homeschooled, or are you in a formal secondary school? For what it's worth, being in a larger secondary school system has its advantages. Knowledge is certainly important and a worthy goal, but maybe your dad is looking for that knowledge to be tempered with other social skills that you would get in larger system. It may not seem important to you now, but gaining some of those social skills now will become very important later in life. R. == 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 5 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Nowadays, it seems that all social skills are thrown out the window until you are a
Senior. Most of my friends are college students or adults anyway. I get along with them a lot better than the vapid high schoolers who constantly complain about meaningless relationships and video games. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 6 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:46am | IP Logged | ||
As an adult, I can reliably say that you will be dealing with those things in college and throughout adulthood too. It's about learning to deal with diversity and differences in other people that is valuable. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6660 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 7 of 70 14 May 2011 at 12:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Am I interpreting sometjing wrong, or do you want to go to college at the age of 12?
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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5337 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 8 of 70 14 May 2011 at 1:12am | IP Logged | ||
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@henry
I know, but when people are adults or in college they have much more developed personalities and it's much more enjoyable to talk to them than to a peer. @Hampie You were misinterpreting. I said I've been in college since I was 12 but haven't done many classes because of the whole forced high school thing. I am taking classes over each summer though and I'll have a doctorate when I'm 18. Not as good as a Ph.D at 22-24, but I guess it's better than nothing. Edited by Akao on 14 May 2011 at 1:13am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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