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I dont like final exams
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SriyoTheGreat wrote:
#44 It is one of the biggest causes in recent years, but I don't believe it is the main cause. In fact I believe the internet is a double edged sword, taking your example of otf itself, many use otf as a form of escape from depression, depressed people being on the internet does not mean internet is the cause. I just think (again, in my country) not having that "escape" - which could be the internet, sports (which is why I gave the statistic of 48% on adolescents not having any form of physical activity), hanging out with friends, video games is a bigger cause, because of how much pressure parents put on their kids to study at school, go to tutions, revise at home that they forget about mental fitness.
Yes video games are included in internet use as a cause of lack of activity or actual human relationships and depression. You just verified my point.
SriyoTheGreat wrote:
festers-siesta wrote:
I was not being smug. (i) I simply suggested you are too young to make sweeping comments about education, parenting, or whether or not school work leads to depression,which frankly is silly.
(ii) School is not any different today than 60 years ago. It's actually easier. You can do research online on literally any subject.
Before the internet, trips to the library for such work was weekly or more.
(iii) Depression in teens is a recent phenomenon and largely due to internet overdosing, not lack of free time or excessive school work.
(iv) I was a student, a teacher and a parent. I speak from my experience also.
(i) In that case, I respectfully disagree. I think someone who has first hand experience is more likely to understand a difficulty or cause of a problem. And the fact that the only information you got about me before deciding that I'm too young to understand is "I go to school" is concerning, I could be 10 years old or 17 years old (which has a significant difference y'know). My assumption is that you have got this ideology that "maturity is only attained in/after college", but I've seen many surprisingly mature teenagers and many immature adults.
(ii) That is true, lot of opportunities for us that didn't exist 60 years ago. But (from my experience) does school implement them? Only in schoolwork or assignments. I've seen no one except me in my class do "out of the book" research nowadays, and school does not influence that, all teachers just teach us "how to learn X section of the chapter easier", not "do further research on this" because if it's not on the exam, why do we have to study for it? I think it's a faulty ideology, but maybe I'm too young to understand why it is only the books that matter in exam and not the concept.
(iii) If I give my opinion on this again, you will probably disagree again so I might as well link a site.
(This one reveals a lot of interesting statistics, like how 48% of adolescents in India have no form of physical activity, or how over 80% of adolescents live in a rural area so probably don't even have access to internet or good wifi)
(iv) Your experience is just as relevant as mine, and it can differ from mine because of several factors (country, age, etc), everything I've said in this comment before is based on my experience in India. I acknowledge that (and you should too) that your experience in the USA might and will differ from mine.
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TheEvanMack wrote:
Final exams exist purely to see if you've retained the course. The useless math course that taught you nothing of importance, unless you want to be a physicist or an architect.
A broad background in subjects also broadens your future possibilities as well as helps develop your thinking and overall brain power.
Hot_Rash wrote:
But the current educational system is... not the best, let's say
In what country?
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festers-siesta wrote:
TheEvanMack wrote:
Final exams exist purely to see if you've retained the course. The useless math course that taught you nothing of importance, unless you want to be a physicist or an architect.
A broad background in subjects also broadens your future possibilities as well as helps develop your thinking and overall brain power.
My father taught me a saying, kind of a catechism that we made up.
Q: What's the purpose of education?
A: To give you options in life.
That's extremely accurate advice.
From what I've read here the problem is not the education system in India. The problem is a few people's parents in India.
I am friends with quite a few of various ages and none of them tell the tales I've read here
However, global life is very competitive and a large percentage of Indian school graduates leave the country for better jobs
elsewhere. This, to me, explains clearly why parents would be so concerned about education.
Indian older generations lived through years of repression and poverty. They want better for their children
Speaking of tests, WHY THE HELL SHOULD I STUDY HISTORY I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER MAN
DM0118 wrote:
Speaking of tests, WHY THE HELL SHOULD I STUDY HISTORY I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER MAN
"If we are not students of history we are damned to repeat it".
You are a citizen of the world. It is important you are familiar with how humanity got where it is.
kk I understand that but can't I learn about the events that happened not dates like Sept 11 2001(yes that was unfunny I'm sorry)
And is only optional to differentiate events?
DM0118 wrote:
And is only optional to differentiate events?
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Like if there's an incident which the name is literally a date, ex 9/ yeah I won't continue that
#84 I have edited it.
DM0118 wrote:
Like if there's an incident which the name is literally a date, ex 9/ yeah I won't continue that
It's history. It happened. It had a reason. I'm sure you learned more than the date.
SriyoTheGreat wrote:
#84 I have edited it.
Thank you.
Now I will repeat:
- I was not being smug.
- from a seperate comment, India is not a reflection on education globally. It seems you think it is.
- from your comments I think your issue is with parents and only those you know, regardless of so called research by others
festers-siesta wrote:
SriyoTheGreat wrote:
#84 I have edited it.
Thank you.
Now I will repeat:
- I was not being smug.
- (i) from a seperate comment, India is not a reflection on education globally. It seems you think it is.
-(ii) from your comments I think your issue is with parents and only those you know, regardless of
-(iii)so called research by others
(i) I have acknowledged again and again that I'm only talking about my country, the original comment which started this discussion was in reference to my friends who are, in fact, Indian. If you wish to discuss the global situation then I'm not against doing research on that.
(ii) No, my issue is not with parents in general, it is with parents who do not do research on a certain tuition or how effective it would be for their children before admitting them. And I have drawn my inference on these parent's mentality because I don't see any other reason why such institutes will be popular rather that (technically) misled parents OR parents that do not their research, if you have any other suggestions on why it is so, do state them.
(iii) The research site I linked was a rebuttal to your claim that internet is the main cause of depression in teenagers.
None of my friends like them. And I'm also no exception.