Sunday, May 30, 2004
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It was pointed out to me by a friend who is still in High school. Despite being a really smart, capable and creative person, he feels he needs the fifth year to help get better marks and to ensure he gets to the places he wants to be.
Good for him.
I never really went in for this downsizing of High school to just four years. It's already a lot of pressure to get through without cramming things in. When I went to University after five years of secondary school, I admit that the last semester was a bit of a waste as it all became redundant, but I needed that time to grow rather than to learn out of a textbook.
There is no better education than growing up. Why are we in such a rush? Take the time to develop yourself as University, College, or life in general is no picnic. Yes, the probable debts you'll incur suck, but these are the years in which you figure out who you want to be. If you're so busy with your nose stuck in a book, stressing out or competing with hundreds of others for something you don't really want but feel forced into doing, then you aren't benefitting yourself.
The only thing I feel bad about is all the kids who want that extra little bit of time to grow and are going to be looked at as a failure. This is as far from the truth as possible. People just don't get this is a new system with problems to still work out. If you feel you need or even just WANT the extra time then take it.
You won't get another chance like this. It all goes by much faster than you'd like it to.
Also, it makes things easier for when you go to university or college as you can go out and drink as a freshman and meet all the easy girls.
Good for him.
I never really went in for this downsizing of High school to just four years. It's already a lot of pressure to get through without cramming things in. When I went to University after five years of secondary school, I admit that the last semester was a bit of a waste as it all became redundant, but I needed that time to grow rather than to learn out of a textbook.
There is no better education than growing up. Why are we in such a rush? Take the time to develop yourself as University, College, or life in general is no picnic. Yes, the probable debts you'll incur suck, but these are the years in which you figure out who you want to be. If you're so busy with your nose stuck in a book, stressing out or competing with hundreds of others for something you don't really want but feel forced into doing, then you aren't benefitting yourself.
The only thing I feel bad about is all the kids who want that extra little bit of time to grow and are going to be looked at as a failure. This is as far from the truth as possible. People just don't get this is a new system with problems to still work out. If you feel you need or even just WANT the extra time then take it.
You won't get another chance like this. It all goes by much faster than you'd like it to.
Also, it makes things easier for when you go to university or college as you can go out and drink as a freshman and meet all the easy girls.
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