Recently, I have heard of many complaints about our education system among students. As a student, I also agree that our education do have problems. What we learn at school is often useless in daily life. We study just because we want a good grade, we want a good grade just because it can help us to get into university. We want to get into university because we want a well-paid job…
Thinking about all these ridiculous things certainly decrease our motivation to study. So what should we do? Are there anything that students do benefit from going to school and studying?
The knowledge students learnt may not be useful in their future, but the skills they learnt is lifelong. Understanding English literature may not help you do better in the workplace, but by studying literature, you learnt a lot of new words which may be useful to your daily life. You may not use advanced maths after you leave school, but logical thinking is needed no matter what industry you are going to. Writing essays is a good way to improve your writing, you learnt who to work with others by doing group projects. Exams, are something which every student hates. But tests and exams is a good lesson for you. You can learn time management, self control when preparing for tests.
Do not stop studying because you think you can’t learn anything useful. If you let a random adult to take a high school test, do you think they could get high marks? They probably couldn’t even pass it. Who would remember what you have learnt after all exams? But does it mean that you can go to the workplace with little schooling? NO.
Studying is easier and less stressful compare to working. If you fail an exam, you may feel bad, your parents may scold you. But that’s all. Your parents would still let you to live in their home, and cook dinner for you. But what about working? If you had done something wrong, you may lose your job. Unless you are rich, you rely on your job to make a living, which is much more stressful. You should grab the opportunities to study hard.
Having good grades does not mean being successful in life, that’s why you should always learn useful skills like leadership by joining activities. But study skills is an extremely important skill too. Learn how to manage your time, to resist your temptation of playing video games, going out with friends, going onto Facebook or Instagram. This will certainly benefit your life.
From my blog: http://motivationup.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/study-motivation-1/
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