Jeffrey Wilhelm on: "Is school boring?"

Jeffrey Wilhelm, Associate Professor of English Education at Boise State University, on why so many kids think school is boring. To learn more, visit http://www.scholastic.com/experttalks.

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[jeanoj1995]

Yes, school is a prison, i count how many days left until my release..

[MrChilloutDude]

My school used to be fun, then this thing called "budget cuts' ruined the fun in school. That is why I think school is boring...

[Neoglitch255]

School IS jail. But that doesn't mean you HAVE to subjugate to it. Break free:

watch?v=rw2UnRQvMkE

[wildbillycobra]

I learn more from skyrim then school just saying

[motorsiegefan931]

@MonsterNuke so we can actually gain some useful knowledge out of 12 years of going there. for example, students should have more subject choices, many more, schools should have better facilities, students should be able to make their own hours, only employ enthusiastic teachers, etc etc. this can only be achieved if students today organise to rebel against school, such as organising peaceful protests and refusing to go until the system is changed, because the system is an absolute joke.

[motorsiegefan931]

@MonsterNuke because the stuff on discovery is actually fun to learn and they make it interesting. thats why it's called Discovery, because the human mind ''discovers'' new things. and in the unlikely event that it gets boring, you can simply change the channel to something else educational and relevant, wheras in school, your're forced to sit there and memorize uleless facts. Thats why the joke of an education system of today needs to be changed....

[motorsiegefan931]

@MonsterNuke in college, you're 100% free to choose your own subjects, which is why college is so much better. College makes learning fun, nd it's expensive, but you at least take in some knowledge. In school, the method of learning is simple memorization and spit it back out on the paper, not actual learning. for example, I could learn more from and hour or two watching something educational on the Discovery channel than in a week of school,

[motorsiegefan931]

@MonsterNuke not only forcing us, but threatening us with imprisonment or even death if the tasks aren't done, no matter if they're irrelevant to you or not. Everything you learn in school is useless facts and formulas that you either already know or will never use again. it's why school is pointless, because most you learn is irrelevant and uninteresting to you. You have no say in what you learn, or in how you learn it.

[MonsterNuke]

The thing is they are forcing us to go to school, which is really bad...

[mynameisdudler]

@Penguinkinder no money in teaching

besides a computer is all a kid really needs now

my sister is a 100x smarter than i was at her age

[CrazyyBodyguard]

School makes interesting subjects boring. Yes education is important, but education does not equal school. In fact, Einstein quoted:

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school".

Maybe school would be more useful in our lives if they taught us how to pay bills, save up for a house or car, how to fight (self-defence) rather than teach us random Shakespeare jackshit or quadratic equations.

[Penguinkinder]

The people who think school is boring should become teachers and CHANGE the world.