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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  Granted, most of the curriculum won't apply in your career (unless you're some rennaissance man) it's because colleges require it, so when looked at from that perspective, community service is another edge in the college process. |
Do you not think that maybe, just maybe, learning is valuable for something other than your career? Also, "learning" is more than just the facts of learning, it is the process of learning, which is important to everyone.
Why must people be so career-focused at such a young age? Asking a 16 year old boy to take classes with an eye towards what "career" he wants for the rest of his life is an exercise in futility. Any younger and it becomes sheer stupidity. Learn for learning's sake while you're young, and learn for a career when you're an adult.
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Quote by: Technosoul Homework should be banned. If a kid is in school for 6 hours or so that should be enough time to learn what they need to learn. You would not expect me to take home workplace work and do it on my own free time, we should not train kids to do that. |
You obviously have never had a professional job. Not only is such behavior "expected", it is required. Homework is a good training tool for the reality of the modern workplace, which does not totally end merely because the clock says a time outside the hours of 9am to 5pm.