Re: education - why is it that, given the chance to exercise creative freedom and offer ideas about the arts, literature, or music in the most neutral, non-threatening forums, gen z-ers resort to regurgitating AI or whatever work they can buy online for $5.99? I understand it's totally out of hand, factually wrong, and that there seems to be no shame in it. I get that a lot of education is a short-term memory exercise, but blatant cut-and-pasting makes overworked, underpaid, non-unionized teachers who don't consider their classes liberal support groups sad and disillusioned. Please give me something hopeful to say to the ones I know.
I think a big problem is that we're forced to do it and it's graded. I hate doing projects about things that I'm actually interested in because it just makes it feel artificial ig. More often than not school just feels like a factory for turning out shit work to get an abstract grade that no one cares about for it's own sake. I think it's a product of education becoming a means to an end instead of an end in itself. It kills all real curiosity. We're there so we can get a diploma and make more money in the future, not because we're supposed to have our questions answered.
Thanks for the reply. From what I've been told, most z-ers do see education as a means to an end and never internalize the value of the process. The sad part is that when they get to the end, they won't know where to start because they've never taken the time to think for themselves or own their ideas. I hope you find the process of your education - college, trade school, whatever - of as much value as the privilege of the creds that enable you to put it to use.
Thank you. I've started reading on my own and learning a lot more than I ever did in school. It's also worth saying that school has to teach at a level that literally everyone can understand so everything is tailored to the lowest common dominator.
I've heard that too, and I understand the bar has to be very low. My teacher friends tell me that if they fail someone, they actually need to make a case for it - fill out paperwork, provide evidence, the whole nine yards. I'm glad you didn't get bogged down by that garbage. Keep reading and keep learning, stay curious, and all the best to you, fren.
Re: education - why is it that, given the chance to exercise creative freedom and offer ideas about the arts, literature, or music in the most neutral, non-threatening forums, gen z-ers resort to regurgitating AI or whatever work they can buy online for $5.99? I understand it's totally out of hand, factually wrong, and that there seems to be no shame in it. I get that a lot of education is a short-term memory exercise, but blatant cut-and-pasting makes overworked, underpaid, non-unionized teachers who don't consider their classes liberal support groups sad and disillusioned. Please give me something hopeful to say to the ones I know.
I think a big problem is that we're forced to do it and it's graded. I hate doing projects about things that I'm actually interested in because it just makes it feel artificial ig. More often than not school just feels like a factory for turning out shit work to get an abstract grade that no one cares about for it's own sake. I think it's a product of education becoming a means to an end instead of an end in itself. It kills all real curiosity. We're there so we can get a diploma and make more money in the future, not because we're supposed to have our questions answered.
Thanks for the reply. From what I've been told, most z-ers do see education as a means to an end and never internalize the value of the process. The sad part is that when they get to the end, they won't know where to start because they've never taken the time to think for themselves or own their ideas. I hope you find the process of your education - college, trade school, whatever - of as much value as the privilege of the creds that enable you to put it to use.
Thank you. I've started reading on my own and learning a lot more than I ever did in school. It's also worth saying that school has to teach at a level that literally everyone can understand so everything is tailored to the lowest common dominator.
I've heard that too, and I understand the bar has to be very low. My teacher friends tell me that if they fail someone, they actually need to make a case for it - fill out paperwork, provide evidence, the whole nine yards. I'm glad you didn't get bogged down by that garbage. Keep reading and keep learning, stay curious, and all the best to you, fren.