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Edited by Dus Maximum: 4/14/2013 7:26:26 PM
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I hate the school system. The amount you have to memorize is a lot, but that's not what makes me mad. It's the entire set-up of the exams that I think is ridiculous. Every single exam I write I can get the multiple choice down to the two best options 95% of the time. I can explain to myself what each option is, in relation to the question, and why each may be right and may be wrong. The thing is though, unless you've sat down and memorized each specific situation to the dot, there's no way of knowing for sure which it really is. You're either right or you're wrong. There's no tests for how sociable you are, your personality, how you can interact in a workplace, things which actually matter. All the education system proves is "This person can memorize information" which is actually the most irrelevant skill out of any. Sure, the incredibly smart and students with extreme work-ethic succeed in this environment, but I just don't see it as relevant. The field I'm entering, and my job in particular in that field, has nothing at all to do with information, business practices, etc. These skills are useful, but not at all the focus to my profession. I'm finishing school with marks which give no indicator to how I actually would do in the workplace.
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  • Edited by welderman adam: 4/14/2013 7:59:23 PM
    [quote]Every single exam I write I can get the multiple choice down to the two best options 95% of the time. I can explain to myself what each option is, in relation to the question, and why each may be right and may be wrong.[/quote] That's what should be taught. Critical thinking with a foundation to build on. I think you're doing something right. The memorization is BS though. Learning where and how to find info, then how to process and use that info is a better option for anyone without a photographic memory. And like you said, hands on experience is the best teacher out there.

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  • Which is what I'm getting at, there's ways to test for critical thinking, overall comprehension of concepts, all those important things. The problem is, schools are a business. The amount of work they would have to do to test for these things, it's just not financially realistic. Personally my grades are fine, and I'm not too concerned about my future. It makes me mad to think of the amount of people who may not be so well off because of the testing methods, and how many peoples potential has been ruined because of this. On the complete opposite side of the spectrum is the amount of people doing well who really aren't smart. I know a lot of people who genuinely have no idea what they're doing, yet succeed because of memorizing. It's unfortunate, but that's the way it is. This is something which really won't change either.

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