we might have skipped lessons in school and college but we can't skip lessons that are taught by life!
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We get bored just sitting in class being forced to work on an assignment that seems quite irrelevant to us. At my school, I believe that all of the students are intelligent, but they just choose not to do the work or to skip class because they don’t get what’s being taught in their classes. Much of what we learn is so disconnected from our lives. The watered down information from this history class will have zero bearing on my life if I’m living in poverty and don’t have the proper life skills to get me out.
Another reason some students are skipping is they aren’t getting the additional teacher support they need. Some of us fall behind and then just give up because we cannot see our way out of the hole. I have never been taught how to study. I am not talking about just memorizing a textbook, but really studying.
My final reason I think so many students skip class is due to the arrogance that some of our teachers show. There is always this attitude that because they’ve been young before that we have nothing to contribute.
While I appreciate and need the wisdom of my teachers, most of the ones I’ve dealt with are completely out of touch with my generation. It is different being a teenager than it was 10 to 30 years ago. We live in a new digital age that I was born in and many of my teachers have had to learn. Teachers must be OK asking us questions and allowing us to help inform what and how you teach us. However, if I know you’re going to just ignore me or write me off, plus the information is meaningless to me and I am not going to be engaged, why would I want to be in that classroom? Would you want to report to a job that felt that way EVERY SINGLE DAY?
However, I do have some ideas that I want educators to know. There are so many things I am worried about that I will need to know as an adult. Here are just a few that I constantly worry about:
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