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noname223
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- Aug 18, 2020
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I want to specify it. You can see education as an instrument that enables you to get a job. You get the skills taught at college. Or is there something intrisically valuable you get when you educate yourself? Moreover one could say even at college you barely learn anything which is important. Just cramming. In my language there is a specific term for cramming it is slightly different I think. It can be translated as bulimia-learning. It is a metaphor. In a short time you ingest the most facts possible and after the exam you throw them up/forget them immediately.
Yeah I cannot do that. I cannot learn so much at a short time. Also due to my conditions. I had way too much anxiety to start learning so late. My memory is not that good. I always study steadily. Though I am still extremely anxious to fail.
My approach is pretty different compared to my peers. I always studied in this manner. Due to my bullying and abuse I want to impress people with my knowledge and intelligence. Maybe this is why I consider education as an higher value. Though I have to admit I see kind of a metaphysical reason to study eagerly. It is kind of fulfiling to understand more and more about the universe and our societies. It gives me kind of a meaning in my life. Still life sucks but I see education as an higher value. I often overestimate my own knowledge and think I would know more than others. But there are people who know way more than me. The problem is my sources are often the media I should read more scientifical papers. But I enjoy it a lot to listen to newspaper articles. I have an app which reads them aloud. I love that.
Then there is another angle how to look at this topic. Maybe college and school is way too theoretical. And in fact we learn way better if we practice it for example at the work itself. I think this depends on the individual. I think I often suck at practicing (certain) jobs. I am really scared that my college diploma will be a waste of time because I will collapse at work as in the past. But I have recognized if the work is at least a little bit interesting it is way less crippling for me.
Then there are the people who say school and college is a wasted time at all. School does not tell you how life really works. How you pay taxes, how you drive and other way more important things. I personally disagree with this view. For example I loved to interpret poems. Yeah I don't need that in case I can work though it taught me a lot about language and what art can give you on a personal level.
It is really useful to have certain language skills. For example thankfully to my English courses in school I am able to understand English. Without that I could not participate fully in this forum.
I liked to study at school. The knowledge you get there is far more broad and general knowledge. In college the knowledge is more specific and I think it resembles more this stereotype of bulimia-learning/crammling.
What are your thought on it?
To add one thing: I think I have kind of this philosophical approach to this topic. One of my former professors said when he was young he wanted to know more about the truth. What truth is and how we can find it. It is not exactly my thought but they are similar.
It would be interesting for me trying to get the highest diploma as possible. It would be very interesting for me. A challenge. Though I am this ill that I have to pray to get a bachelor dimploma. The odds are against me. I am very vulnerable.
Yeah I cannot do that. I cannot learn so much at a short time. Also due to my conditions. I had way too much anxiety to start learning so late. My memory is not that good. I always study steadily. Though I am still extremely anxious to fail.
My approach is pretty different compared to my peers. I always studied in this manner. Due to my bullying and abuse I want to impress people with my knowledge and intelligence. Maybe this is why I consider education as an higher value. Though I have to admit I see kind of a metaphysical reason to study eagerly. It is kind of fulfiling to understand more and more about the universe and our societies. It gives me kind of a meaning in my life. Still life sucks but I see education as an higher value. I often overestimate my own knowledge and think I would know more than others. But there are people who know way more than me. The problem is my sources are often the media I should read more scientifical papers. But I enjoy it a lot to listen to newspaper articles. I have an app which reads them aloud. I love that.
Then there is another angle how to look at this topic. Maybe college and school is way too theoretical. And in fact we learn way better if we practice it for example at the work itself. I think this depends on the individual. I think I often suck at practicing (certain) jobs. I am really scared that my college diploma will be a waste of time because I will collapse at work as in the past. But I have recognized if the work is at least a little bit interesting it is way less crippling for me.
Then there are the people who say school and college is a wasted time at all. School does not tell you how life really works. How you pay taxes, how you drive and other way more important things. I personally disagree with this view. For example I loved to interpret poems. Yeah I don't need that in case I can work though it taught me a lot about language and what art can give you on a personal level.
It is really useful to have certain language skills. For example thankfully to my English courses in school I am able to understand English. Without that I could not participate fully in this forum.
I liked to study at school. The knowledge you get there is far more broad and general knowledge. In college the knowledge is more specific and I think it resembles more this stereotype of bulimia-learning/crammling.
What are your thought on it?
To add one thing: I think I have kind of this philosophical approach to this topic. One of my former professors said when he was young he wanted to know more about the truth. What truth is and how we can find it. It is not exactly my thought but they are similar.
It would be interesting for me trying to get the highest diploma as possible. It would be very interesting for me. A challenge. Though I am this ill that I have to pray to get a bachelor dimploma. The odds are against me. I am very vulnerable.
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