What's the point of school?

[Miles]

So... A simple question with (in my opinion) many long explanations.

What's the point of school, and in particular, homework?

I'm a freshman in highschool, so not much experience in the hard school life...yet.

I just feel like it's this never ending circle (for four years) of a constant weight over your shoulders. I go home, relax for 20 minutes, work on homework till dinner, eat dinner, work on homework for another hour. Weekend homework, summer homework, spring break homework, winter break homework.

What's the point? I know you can say, "You need to gain intelligence" and shit, but honestly? I've passed the point of all the 'book-smart' shit my parents know, except for some things, and most the things I really do need to learn have nothing to do with school.

What are your opinions?

(I could put this in life support but I'm not depressed or anything, just wanna see what other people think.)

 

[BasedGod]

Honestly, everything learned in school could be learned off the Internet. I go to school to hang out and fuck bitches, but school is boring af

 

[pink2]

Honestly, we stop learning valuable information in 7th grade.

 

[Prepare]

School is essentially important in my opinion. It really depends on the teacher and/or school. My teachers never give us homework. If they do it literally takes no more than ten minutes, and more often than not, they give us a lot of time in class to finish it.

 

[Color]

You clearly need more school if you can ask such an ignorant question seriously. Just because you may have passed the education level of your parents doesn't mean shit. They learned what was relevant for their time, you'll do the same for yours. At a freshmen education, you still have a lot more you need to learn if you plan to stand a chance in the real world. As for homework, if it's really as extreme as you've said, isn't all that necessary. I haven't had homework since I've been in high school, so I can't honestly relate (I'm a senior).

 

[Miles]

You clearly need more school if you can ask such an ignorant question seriously. Just because you may have passed the education level of your parents doesn't mean shit. They learned what was relevant for their time, you'll do the same for yours. At a freshmen education, you still have a lot more you need to learn if you plan to stand a chance in the real world. As for homework, if it's really as extreme as you've said, isn't all that necessary. I haven't had homework since I've been in high school, so I can't honestly relate (I'm a senior).

I'm not saying that they should take away school or anything, and the question was more geared towards homework, I might've not worded it that way. Maybe if school wasn't the way it is now with how we're taught and everything we're taught, but if it was more about the life you have after you're done with school.

I spend so much time working on homework (and it'll only get worse as I progress) that I barely have time on weekdays to even do anything else, school doesn't even allow me to have longish extracurricular activities. (on weekdays).

 

[Mike]

School is there to impact you and teach you the very basics of what you need in life. In the later years it may not seem so useful and you may not think you need it. But they are trying to enforce habits on you thats what its about.

 

[Jamil]

A new way to make friends and meet the love of your life. Beside that it's pointless.

 

[Solar]

I attend a private high school, and I view school as an important step in personal development. I would say that this all depends on the direction in life in which you want to go. Each of my homework assignments take no more than ten minutes if I stay on task, and I finish most of them during class or a free period anyways.

 

[Alex]

At my school they stopped homework starting this year they can hand it out but it won't count for anything my mom was skeptical and thought I was tricking her hah

 

[dcent]

Your title is pretty misleading to be honest. I clicked on this thread ready to tear into you for asking an extremely ignorant question (in my opinion) but was greeted with not a topic about school itself, but homework. School is extremely important. Even though I dislike it at times I realise that it's actually doing me much more good than harm. You need it to learn basic social skills, gain an intermediate skill of your first language and in many cases a second and it allows you to extend yourself into the subject that interests you most.

On the other hand, I really don't like homework and just like you stated in your original post, don't really see the point. We spend 7+ hours at school learning then proceed to head home and use most of your free time doing more work, putting even more stress on a student's shoulders than may already be there. I think we should focus more at school so that teachers don't feel pressured to give it.

 

[Poop]

Trust me your 4 years will go by mad fast. Also school just teaches you life skills. If you really don't see the point of it then drop out and maybe you will eventually.

 

[Derrick Rose]

IMO people only go to school for two things, education & to see friends. I do a bit of both an I focus on what's important(useful later in life). If I don't find it useful then I just do what it takes to get by. if I find it useful I'll try my hardest to excel in the subject/topic.