A rant about school. Okay. Let me just get this out there. I am terrible at science. I love it, but I suck at it. And it’s hard. It’s really, really hard! Especially Chemistry, which I am currently taking. Unlike some of my other hard classes (*cough* my AP classes), I couldn’t and didn’t choose to be in it. It is a required course for my grade. And… to no surprise, I’m terrible at it! So why am I even learning this?! Last year was Biology, which was actually useful information that I could use in the world, and it’s important to know about your globe. But I learned the basics of Chemistry two years ago, in my 8th grade science class. And, honestly, I feel like I don’t even need to be here. Here’s the thing: I KNOW I’m not going to be a chemist. I have no interest in learning about chemistry and I definitely don’t have the skill or knowledge it takes to be a chemist. It’s frustrating and hard to do, and it makes me annoyed and frustrated that I am in a class that I will never use in my life later and that I know I’m not going to have a career in. I feel like some of these classes should be optional, but classes that teach you about the world (like finance classes or social classes) should be more important and required instead. Most of us are growing up stupid about the economy and the way the world works and it’s really frustrating. I think classes that have to do with things like chemistry and (weird math I will never use unless I’m like an engineer) should be optional. I think we should focus on things that will actually help us when we grow up. Guys, I’m careening towards adulthood at a way faster pace than I ever thought could be possible, and in less than three years I will be graduated and on my own. I shouldn’t be stressing over a dumb class that I’m never going to pursue in the future. School should prioritize preparing us for adulthood instead of dumping loads of stress and unnecessary work on us. (Also, I just want to be clear, I am in business classes and stuff like that, too. I chose all but one of my electives this year that will prepare me for college and adulthood. But, still, I feel like I could be doing better things than being in a Chemistry class. I’m not going to use fricking Avagadro’s number when I’m baking a pie.) That’s all I really wanted to say. That the (American) school system isn’t so effective in preparing children for the world, and I think it could change to be a little bit better about that. ~thisismadness176 (because, truly, THIS IS MADNESS)
