饒舌詩人激情演講—我們上學到底是為了什么
What is school for? Feel free to call me slow, but I spent sixteen years going to school, and I still don’t know. When I finished, I didn’t know how to do my own taxes, purchase a home, or apply for a loan.
我們?yōu)槭裁匆蠈W？你可以說我愚鈍，但是我上了十六年的學，仍然不知道答案。畢業(yè)之后我不知道如何為我自己報稅、買房、和申請貸款。
I didn’t know a thing about investments, building credit or get in a job. I graduated at the top of my class and what did I have? This fancy diploma to sit at home with.
我不知道什么是投資、建立信用、或者找工作。我以高分畢業(yè)，可我得到了什么呢？那個放在家里的畢業(yè)證書。
But luckily they did teach me some important skills, like factor and trinomials, and how mitochondria is the power house of the cell. I’m so happy I remember the Pythagorean theorem. Cuz it helped me a lot.
但是幸好他們至少教會了我一些東西，比如因數和三項方程，還有線粒體是細胞中制造能量的結構。我真的好開心我還能記得勾股定理，因為它給了我很大的幫助。
Okay I’m lying, let me stop. Because all the stuff they taught me truthfully, I forgot. Mom, remember when you would ask me, what did you learn in school today, and I would say nothing much. I wasn’t being modest, the truth about it, mom, is I had already forgotten
好吧沒有，我在撒謊。因為實際上他們教給我的東西，我都忘記了。媽媽，還記得你會問我今天在學校都學了什么我會說沒什么。媽我不是在謙虛，而是因為我已經忘記了。
And it’s not just me, millions of students sing the same song. How many of you guys have avoid eye contact with the teacher to try and not to get caught upon. Afraid to raise your hand for fear of being wrong, which proof that school isn’t an environment for learning or building up the intellect.It’s just again you play for the grades and how many A’s you can collect.
不光是我一個人，千萬個學生都有著同樣的經歷。你們當中有多少人曾經為了不被叫起來而躲避老師的視線，害怕答錯而不敢舉手？這都證明學校不是一個學習和積累智慧的環(huán)境了，你在那里只是為了你的分數和你可以拿多少個A。
But I guess what you would expect when the most commonly asked question in class is “is this gonna be on the test?” Haha, is this gonna be on the test...Is this gonna be on the test? See if school really put learning instead of testing and memorizing as the top standard then the letter "F" would not stand for "Failure." It would stand for "Find another Answer."
但是我猜你最期待的是當在課堂上被問到這是要測試？哈哈，這是要測試····
And if school was really interested in our personal and academic success, students would wake up later, have more freedom and homework... a lot less. And that's not my opinion, this conclusion has been scientifically tested and proven. And any teacher that doesn't believe me feel free to check my works cited page to inspect.
Oh, and I did it in MLA format because I know that's all you will accept. See students would get more benefit from an extra hour of sleep than putting them through the torture of an extra essay, reading 150 pages, doing problems 1-60 on the worksheet, and having 3 projects due by the end of the week.
Not only is it pointless pain but it's also dim-witted. Because we get so much work, but they don't teach the time management skills to deal with it. See in school we are controlled by bells. We have to learn in rooms with the Feng shui of a prison cell.
We have to ask permission to relieve bodily functions but not before the teacher asks a million questions like: "Why Didn't you go before class" I'm sorry my bladder is kinda on its own schedule and it's not always timely.
See teachers always say: "Use your time wisely." But that never made sense to me. 'Cause these six cruel hours of our lives we call "school" might literally be the worst use of time management ever in history. Think about it, the traditional teaching method is foolish. No, it's useless multiplied by the square root of... stupid What they do is: They cram information in your head, force-feeding ya And then you throw it up on the test. THAT'S NOT EDUCATION.... that's bulimia.
And the more bulimic you are the better you will do on assessments. So it's no wonder why so many students graduate mentally and emotionally anorexic. See school teaches you how to memorize dots.
TRUE education SHOULD teach you how to connect them.TRUE education teaches you how to catch a fish. School teaches you: yeah you caught the fish but u didn't show your work so it doesn't count. Throw it back! I'm just asking What is school for?
It's not education, that's just not true. If you still think that, you might be sniffing the glue. See the word education comes from the Latin root "educe" meaning "bring out" i.e bring the gifts out of a person and make them viable. But school doesn't bring out much. It just stuffs more facts inside of you.
Now some of that stuff is justifiable. We need reading, writing, and some arithmetic-- that's fair. But are you telling me metamorphic and igneous rocks are more important than self-care? If suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death of ages 10-24 and Harvard studies suggest the biggest predictor for success is self-control and emotional health, then why the heck aren't we taught how to handle stress, bullies or rejection? How about anxiety or depression?
You know-- skills we need for our entire lives. Bro, I don't even know how to cook. I'm honestly surprised I'm still alive. But hey at least I can name all the battles that happened in the civil war.
Seriously, what is school for?
Some say you need it to be successful and that's something we do not doubt. But do you own a MacBook or iPhone? Did you know they both were created by a dropout? Are you watching this video on Facebook or YouTube? Doesn't matter which you choose. They both were created by dropouts. Ever used Snapchat, WhatsApp, shopped at Whole Foods?
Well, Thanks a dropout. Does your home furniture come from IKEA? OK don't get the wrong idea-- he was not a dropout, don't be a fool. I mean how could he drop out, Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA never even went to school. I know what you're thinking: "He's just picking and choosing, there's millions who didn't go to school that aren't successful.
