Rage Against The Machine
. But it's NOT about them nor this song. To children and teenagers: Today, I'm trying to use sentences as easy as possible, so try reading as much as possible.
Do you feel sad that summer vacation is ending soon? Does summer vacation mean release from school for you? If so, is the reason study? Or other reasons? Many children might have wondered why you have to go to school, and why you have to study
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I'm leaving this idea as one instance, expecting that some children might be saved by this idea:
We study to acquire knowledge to protect yourselves and get experimental knowledge, so that we are not deceived in the real world.
Incidentally, I've heard that Judaists answer to such questions that money and property might be stolen, but knowledge cannot be stolen
. Andschool is place to study. Especially, if you dislike school but have even one strong subject, -for me, the subjects were English andscience- Being practical-minded about school might help you. At least, without thinking like this way, I might not be able to survive through school. If you dislike studying, read books. It's already ridiculed that purpose of education in our country is upbringing obedient component parts, and students study for school in our country
But you might grow up to change such situation.
At the same time, if you decide that you go to school just to study, you need to be careful: 1. When I was a teenager, I labeled that school is place to study for knowledge and academic credentials which is required in academic-oriented society called Japan. But I made a mistake: To be precise, I plunged into study to get away from botheration of relationships -especially in high school
Because I was feeling that teachers and parents set me double-bind between "The reason you come to school is not to play with friends" and "Make friends". And studying became a purpose. -Do not make such a mistake. 2. You need to earn places out of school, for the sake of your character-building-inreal world, that is. You could find various means and opportunity in your local area. But NEVER lose yourself to bad company
. Adults tend to turn a blind eye to students with good school grade or honesty even if they do their favorite things. I could use such situation as an underhanded way, but I made another mistake to miss that. As for me, I was already working on music when I was a high school student, so I should have appealed it honestly. In short... How about studying hard at school enough so that you don't need cram school and you can enjoy your favorite things outside of school?
3. You MUST NOT be promoters of bully. You MUST NOT join bully, either.
If you feel that school is agony because of bully, problem teachers, or crumbling school, Do not hesitate to try every possible means to protect yourselves.
To adults -especially armchair central Board of Education
: According to School Education Act
, school is set for equal opportunity of education, and to cultivate social morality and public-mindedness
. While we can study even alone, school is SUPPOSED to be also a place to cultivate social nature. Then, no matter how the real world is unreasonable,if you insist that school is gate to society, Is it OK that school is a place to implant children distrust and despair against society, other people and themselves? As is already pointed out, narrow and closed world called school is a hotbed of bully
. Then we might need education system that are not obsessed with place and style of learning - -For example, credit-based system could be enough from high-school -even from junior high-school. Correspondence school would be useful for students physically difficult to attend -because of illness or handicap, remote location, and various reasons including working students. But while we can obtain knowledge by this system, there is little opportunity to communicate with other people who study together.
All the problems related with school harmful to students are connected with each other. But I cannot place everything at once, So I'm placing little by little as I think up and translate.