Is 95% of school after 4th/5th grade kinda pointless on a practical level?

[iamdetermined]

His only daughter ( who was born out of wedlock ), will not have the opportunity to pursue a higher education unless one of her uncles or something pays for it - OP has admitted to not being able to afford the basic necessities for his child (like clothing).

Lol I don't wanna rag on the guy but his response to me was that 95% of the population doesn't have a job that requires continued learning. Tells me everything I need to know. Can't think of one job I had (outside of my first few poverty jobs) where continued learning does not result in career advancement or making more money.

[JayJ350]

School isn't a place for smart people. If you're truly intelligent you can tech yourself what you want and need to know, there's a good reason why educated idiots are a thing.

[JackyChin]

Lol I don't wanna rag on the guy but his response to me was that 95% of the population doesn't have a job that requires continued learning. Tells me everything I need to know. Can't think of one job I had (outside of my first few poverty jobs) where continued learning does not result in career advancement or making more money.

A lot of companies will bump your salary by a 5 digit amount the day after you receive your master's degree.

School isn't a place for smart people. If you're truly intelligent you can tech yourself what you want and need to know, there's a good reason why educated idiots are a thing.

Nah that's cope. Even if you are an absolute genius you should still be going to places like Yale or MIT to associate with fellow geniuses for jobs and friends and opportunities.

[eddiehaskell]

Lol I don't wanna rag on the guy but his response to me was that 95% of the population doesn't have a job that requires continued learning. Tells me everything I need to know. Can't think of one job I had (outside of my first few poverty jobs) where continued learning does not result in career advancement or making more money.

95% of people are settled into a job where continued education other than perhaps job specific courses or something provided by their job are not needed.

[eddiehaskell]

School isn't a place for smart people. If you're truly intelligent you can tech yourself what you want and need to know, there's a good reason why educated idiots are a thing.

true in a lot of cases.

[r32gojirra]

School isn't a place for smart people. If you're truly intelligent you can tech yourself what you want and need to know, there's a good reason why educated idiots are a thing.

^^^explains why you lack a basic understanding of economics, finance or even how markets work

You’re the type of misca to attempt dental surgery on yourself with a pair of pliers and a bottle of jack

[JayJ350]

^^^explains why you lack a basic understanding of economics, finance or even how markets work

You’re the type of misca to attempt dental surgery on yourself with a pair of pliers and a bottle of jack

Lol @ needing to cherry pick fields where credentials are a big deal. Nobody who came up with revolutionary and groundbreaking ideas was taught what they learned and know. All the great inventors were self-taught. Can't teach innovation and new ideas, in fact today's academic scene seems to be very hostile towards thinking differently. Fall in line follower thinking has always been for the stupid and gullible. Being good at parroting what someone else told you is not a sign of intelligence.

[BigElephant]

95%+ people won't ever use a usable knowledge of chemistry/physics/calculus...even the vast majority that aced the classes. All forgotten "knowledge" for most and time wasted. And you can go as in depth as you prefer online...hell you can watch classes online and even buy the same books used in class if it excites you enough.

I acknowledged your first part in my original reply. But even for an average person it would be useful to take an actual course on like chemistry, algebra, and trigonometry. If someone doesn't and just watched youtube videos as you suggest, he gets a limited slice of the full picture. It leads to people taking that one lesson as God's word without context of where it fits into the larger concepts.

I feel like this is the case with more and more people I talk to online in the past couple years, both on the Misc and especially on like Twitter and ******** and Reddit. They have a rudimentary understanding of a limited group of concepts but they try to talk on anything outside of that but still related and it becomes clear that they have no fukking idea what they are doing.

[dingler]

I studied chemical and nuclear engineering. The hardest part is knowing what you need to know. You could go down some rabbit holes that don’t you anywhere.

[eddiehaskell]

I acknowledged your first part in my original reply. But even for an average person it would be useful to take an actual course on like chemistry, algebra, and trigonometry. If someone doesn't and just watched youtube videos as you suggest, he gets a limited slice of the full picture. It leads to people taking that one lesson as God's word without context of where it fits into the larger concepts.

I feel like this is the case with more and more people I talk to online in the past couple years, both on the Misc and especially on like Twitter and ******** and Reddit. They have a rudimentary understanding of a limited group of concepts but they try to talk on anything outside of that but still related and it becomes clear that they have no fukking idea what they are doing.

i took those classes and they don't mean crap in real life other than swapping stories with other people that took those classes. and you can essentially sit in on the same classes for free online...from the ground up if you want.

[ymer]

I think the time would be better spent doing more practical/hands on experience on more common tasks such as basic tradie stuff like electricity, plumbing, construction and mechanics. Also basic law and how the system works. More sports / gym would be nice as well.

Then in college you can get as deep as you want on whatever career you wanna follow.

[monster0ultra]

OP is right. Formal education is a huge waste of time. If you're learning a specific skill like say accounting or programming, then ok fine, but the endless general education does nothing for the vast majority of people.

That being said, kids need daycare and to learn how to socialize and school does that so it's not that bad. Continuing on to college and getting your sociology or women's studies degree and racking up massive student loan debt because that's what everyone else is doing is next level retarded though.