The things that your teachers taught you were absolutely wrong, distorted and full of lies. You can't bear to look back and tell yourself how proud you were to believe and uphold in those things being an attempt to 'brainwash' you at those times...
Best thing to do is to keep moving forward, but how to do use those things you've learned in school to carry on with your life today? Do you think that you could change them for the better? If so, how?
Some of you may know what I am talking about, some of you may not... but it would be great to hear from both sides of opinion...
2007-08-20 19:15:23 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i know EXACTLY what you mean...
it is the difference between the sheep and the leaders. Only 4% of people are leaders and the rest are sheep following them. In school you will have these academic people scoring high on every subject but as soon as they leave school they crash and burn. The ones that tended to be always in trouble at school usually becomes far more sucessfull in life than the academic ones. Why? Because the academic ones are conditioned to think in a certain way believing that is the only way to survive as opposed to the others thinking for themselves and becoming truly self sustainable.
Even the guy from Oracle told a graduating class of two thousand students " i dont see the next leaders i see the the next losers" which of course caused an outrage but it was true
2007-08-20 19:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by phate 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
"Best thing to do is to keep moving forward, but how to do use those things you've learned in school to carry on with your life today? Do you think that you could change them for the better? If so, how?"
This is sort of a hard question to answer. Some things you learn in school aren't entirely pressed upon you by teachers. I think the one thing that won't change is that people everywhere are very degrading. There are many emotional lessons learned in school that we should always remember. As for actual subject matter, mathematics is always a plus, but it's going to take more than just a little bit of multiplication to get through your life. Improving on logic skills (math, science, and articulation) can really help you get jobs and surround yourself with the right people. So, you should always change with your environment: Look around! What is the world doing that you're not quite caught up on?
2007-08-20 19:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by Jessika 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
oh yes that was part of the original reason I quit school.
I always thought there should be a sign on the outside of school that read.
"Caution you are entering a school zone
NO THINKING ALLOWED!"
Thats what it sure felt like, school just taught history but never from a holistic view point. Only always from the winners view point, how can we ever understand history if we only get half the story all the time! lol
I wish they taught everything both sides through and from both sides point of view so we could learn the real reasons and have some understanding of all the events that lead up to the situation we were learning about.
It wasn't until after school that I realized what an idiot General Custer really was!
A bigot against Indians and he got his whole squad slaughtered because of his pride, he wanted to show General Grant he was better than him.
2007-08-20 20:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by Wade C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The higher education system isn't even geared to teaching you facts, it's geared to teaching you how to critically analyse, and provides you with the fundamentals of the core disciplines with which we use to understand the world and communicate our understanding with others.
It teaches you HOW to learn, not what to learn, it is up to you what you do with that ability. The mere fact that you wrote that story, using paragraphs, puntuation, that you were able to (even if poorly) critically analyze why you feel the way you feel, and then voice the way in which you felt using appropriate language is a testament to your education. Where did you learn that?
If teachers, or say, a religious school has taught you certain facts that turn out to be false, you are still educated in a way that makes you think for yourself. Think of the advantage you have as both a thinker and as an innovator, compared to older education systems that are still employed in say, many parts of Asia which are totally geared towards memorisation and obedience rather than supplying a student with the fundamentals required for independant and coherent thinking. I think you missed the point of your education dude.
Oh well, no matter, because you've obviously still benefited immensely for it!
2007-08-20 19:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by Way 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once you have started to analyse what you have learned in school you are on a level of maturity. The world is changing at a faster pace due to technological advancement and what you learned earlier may not be relevent now and may seem wrong or not related. But keep learning. Knowledge is power. The more you learn, the more you will realize how foolish you were earlier. Only updated knowledge will push you forward.
2007-08-20 19:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Mani 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw your question and at one point I almost bypassed it but just kept reading several times. I had some great teachers in my day. Reading, writin, and rithmatic in grade school. HIgh school was bascially the same. But if I could combine the 2 I would have to say they both taught me humility , compassion, honesty and love. The only teacher that i detested was my h.s. algebra teacher. She was the perfect ***** to me and nothing she said could teach me a thing. Unless it would be to love little boys or some little girls. I know now that what little I learned from her would be enough to fill a thimble. She is just a lasting memory and not enough for me to lose sleep over. I have overcome that tragedy and It made a better person .. I helped raise 2 sons into men and taught them not to judge knowing they might be judged one day themselves.
2007-08-20 19:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I went to sunday school as a child, but never really believed any of it. I figured I was too young to grasp the deeper meaning, but my Mom always assured me that I was just too young, and I would understand when I was older. Now that I'm 25, I just realize that the stuff I was being taught was crap. The abstract concepts are nice, but generally it was a waste of time. It makes me feel helpless - all my life I've been told to pray to Jesus and God for support. I wish they had taught me "real" ways of getting support. I get better direction from a Magic 8 Ball than from praying to a silent, all knowing ghost in the sky.
2007-08-20 22:12:57 · answer #7 · answered by Matt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think it was so much brainwashing at is was truth to those who taught it. I think we all have to find out what we really believe in apart from what our parents and teachers tell us. Keep moving forward and use what you truly believe in living your own life. Sometimes guilt keeps us in one spot, but when you turn your back completely on what you thought you believed it can be frustrating and stressful.
I think there are a lot of us feeling the way you do. I dont so much feel brainwashed as I do unsure about what I really believe to be true. I keep hoping to find the right answers.
2007-08-20 19:23:17 · answer #8 · answered by sillymorg 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
+PAX
I graduated from high school 30 years ago and from college 25 years ago.
The only teacher who lied that I know of, was my anthropology teacher in College who was more of a political activist than anything else. Everyone else was fine.
I remember practically nothing from high school and only what pertained to my job as an RN from college. But I'll never forget that anthropology teacher. lol!
Maybe it was the times... or maybe I'm just old now.
But since then I've gained vast experience in life, have formed my own opinions (instead of it being spoon-fed to me) and live my own life the way I have chosen to live it which is worshiping my Lord and my God.
Benedicite,
j
2007-08-20 19:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by teresa_benedicta_of_the_cross 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sure some facts do get screwed up...but I definently don't everything is just a blantant lie. I've learned some life changing things in school. I can perform complex math problems that help me solve things, I can program a computer to help me be lazy, I can write clearly and understandably, I can even independently analyze things. So if you're so "brainwashed" then you keep your kids out of school and we'll see how far they go.
2007-08-20 19:21:47 · answer #10 · answered by rrossorr 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋