P1 "What is school for?" by Guy Gagnier https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h Add your group's comments and talking points here. en-us 2021-02-15 00:00:58 UTC 2021-02-17 17:57:34 UTC hello@padlet.com All the stuff they taught me truthfully I forgot https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212210648 2021-02-17 17:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212210648 School is for tests, A's, and bells https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212210992 2021-02-17 17:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212210992 Bring a person's gifts out https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212219555 2021-02-17 17:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212219555 School is for education https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212220231 2021-02-17 17:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212220231 School teaches you how to memorize dots, true education should teach you how to connect them https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212230992 2021-02-17 17:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212230992 School doesn't prepare you for the real world. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212234298 2021-02-17 17:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212234298 School is more likely to shut doors than to open them 24costa6358 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212236116 2021-02-17 17:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212236116 School isn't an environment for learning/building up intellect, it is a game for grades. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212236222 2021-02-17 17:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212236222 School doesn't teach the tools and skills used to finish the work they hand 24costa6358 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238095 2021-02-17 17:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238095 "I don't even know how to cook... but at least I know all of the battles fought during the civil war." This means that they don't really prepare you for real life and many times teach us about irrelevant or less important things. 24morales6360 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238289 2021-02-17 17:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238289 We shouldn't let school determine who is smart and who is not, school is like "bulimia" we throw up what we memorize on a piece of paper, but we are not learning things that will help us later on in life to become successful in our own terms https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238466 2021-02-17 17:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212238466 The traditional teaching method is useless. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212239161 2021-02-17 17:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212239161 "Will this be on the test?" 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212240697 2021-02-17 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212240697 School can be both a tool and an obstacle when nurturing and bringing someone's skills out to the surface. 24krishnan6841 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212240730 2021-02-17 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212240730 I went to school for 16 years https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212241590 2021-02-17 17:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212241590 A student's true passion may never be seen since school is constantly tearing him up. 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212241705 2021-02-17 17:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212241705 students may question their capability and future depending on their education 24quintero78851 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212242640 2021-02-17 17:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212242640 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212246158 there is a difference between those who are good at memorizing and those who are actually smart]]> 2021-02-17 17:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212246158 Students are judged a for a number/letter on their paper. 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212246522 2021-02-17 17:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212246522 There is a difference between scoring high and being smart https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212247594 2021-02-17 17:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212247594 School teaches the most un-useful subjects. These subjects will most likely never be used in the real world. 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212248387 2021-02-17 17:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212248387 school doesn't teach us about coping with anxiety, depression, etc https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212249298 2021-02-17 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212249298 Education is meant to bring out the inner talents of someone, but instead it represses kids by making them fit into certain standards and only qualifying smartness by grades instead of letting them flourish in what they are good at https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212249650 2021-02-17 17:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212249650 Being smart ≠ Good Scores https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212250026 2021-02-17 17:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212250026 school diminishes those who don't have a certain score on a piece of paper https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212252827 2021-02-17 17:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212252827 Countless students do not remember what they learned that day, so there is not point to teach it. 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212253543 2021-02-17 17:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212253543 School doesn't teach us things that will help us survive in the adult world (cooking, managing money, etc.) 24krishnan6841 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212253833 2021-02-17 17:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212253833 School is for memorizing topics but not for learning essential tools that will help us later on in life. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212255242 2021-02-17 17:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212255242 what's going to happen when we graduate? what about insurance, investments and necessary things for our lives? https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212255572 2021-02-17 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212255572 School doesn't allow us to think. What is our life purpose? What is what I want to achieve? Who do I want to become? https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212256025 2021-02-17 17:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212256025 Teachers drown students in useless and excessive homework, which simply ruins their mental health. 24nunez9081 https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212257291 2021-02-17 17:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212257291 Many life skills aren't though at school https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212260428 2021-02-17 17:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212260428 School makes kids loose sleep and stress about doing an essay, 20 problems, or a worksheet instead of letting them sleep or giving them free time to pursuit their personal intrests. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212262216 2021-02-17 17:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212262216 school can be very toxic when it comes to what they're teaching us. we're forced to spend hours studying for tests and expected to deal with things when it isn't okay. https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212264416 2021-02-17 17:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/guy_gagnier/wjxrpz5ircc0uy8h/wish/1212264416