Alright, this thing is pretty much true at least for Sweden.
And I know that it is for much of the world.
I believe schools does kill creativity to a large extent.
They are designed to produce machines for work, more or less.
If you think about what kind of people that excels as pupils, and see it for what it is, you'd agree.
I spent twelve years in mandatory school and a couple of years of college without the teachers actually giving me anything. If I didn't know more than they did already about the subject - I tried to listen, i'm not a complete arrogant bastard - they simply made the subjects so boring that it was impossible to take in.
And what's with the homework? Isn't school five days a week from 08.00 to 16.00 enough?
I always found school to be much more tiring than work ever was. In fact, i'm less tired when having worked for ten hours straight without a break than I used to be around lunch time in school.
My time in school was the worst time of my life, and I feel like i'm recovering from it piece by piece still.
Here's a list of what school didn't teach me, despite all the hours spent there:
- Reading/writing
- English
- German
- Maths
- Grammar and punctuation
- Chemistry
- History
- Social studies
- Religion studies
- Creative writing
- Pedagogy
- Computers/tech
- Electronics
- Geography
- Economy
- Politics
- Public speaking
- Music
- Maths
- Physics
- Leadership
- Military education
- Graphic design
- Geology
- Theater
- Art
And several others.
I spent all my time in school feigning listening to boring shit, did a test, and forgot all about it.
It was those times when I got home and read my own books that I actually learned anything.
Besides that, school made me feel like shit. I hated the experience.
Now that i'm out of school, i'm trying to salvage the pieces of my creativity and imagination that are still left and piece them together once again.
One could say that i'm growing increasingly childish in some areas, and I love it.
I'm never going back to school again, be certain of it.
I love learning, but I hate any authority having a part of it.
Sure, authority is needed for people who don't want to learn...
But what is the point of teaching someone who doesn't want to be tutored?
Either, the child will break and become something lesser, or it will rebel in some way and not "progress".