No leet speak :(

I feel like I have been skimping in my blog posts. I have a plethora of ideas and conjectures to share with you, and I've only scratched the surface. Most of these thoughts in my head, yes they could be summed in a series of single sentence posts but that is no fun for me. That and I would receive a terrible grade. I shall end this filibustering paragraph now.

Education simply doesn't work in this country. Sure we go to school and learn 2 + 2 = 4, yes we know how to balance our checkbook (probably), but we haven't the slightest idea how the universe the works, we don't know anything about servicing a computer, or figuring out ridiculous calculus. The vast majority of students will most likely have a great feeling of dread after reading the previous sentence, which is part of the problem. I realized something today, I have gained perspective as to education is this country and I'm eager to share with you. Part of the problem is the government, an equal portion of blame can be placed on teachers, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah! I believe that one of the main faults in education, and quite possibly the most fatal, is the cultural attitude people have toward education. Education really doesn't carry the same weight as it used to. My parents certainly didn't seem to think I wanted to go anywhere in life, they never talked with me about what I wanted to do after high school, after college, for the rest of my life. They never asked me (in a serious conversation anyway) what my dream job was/is. They never asked me where I wanted to live, how I wanted to live, goals, dreams, aspirations, nadda. Don't get me wrong, I love my parents, and they obviously love me in some degree if they're willing to live away from each other for me to get a better education. However, I think their attitude was, "He'll figure it out" or "This school is good enough" or "$14,000 is enough to give him a degree" or "He can have a comfortable living with the resources we've provided him". Again, I don't mean to sound ungrateful or greedy, but honestly, I was very, very, unhappy with how my parents thought of education. In case you haven't guessed already, I have my eyes set pretty high in this world. I plan to go places, do things, meet people and experience a life all my own, not a manufactured cookie-cutter product that society would have us be content with. My parents didn't expect anything extraordinary of me, and accordingly, they didn't go to any extraordinary measures, or even half-hearted measures, to give me a better opportunity to give myself a better opportunity. I was the one that instigated the whole process of moving, I was the one that was dissatisfied with my education, not them.

What's the point? Well ask yourself, do your parents encourage not just to keep up with school, but to excel? Do they work hard to ensure you have a chance at exceptional opportunities? I think I may be asking the wrong audience here, because Kennedy is a good school. Obviously if your parents live here they are at least aware you're receiving a quality education, if not intentionally so because they do care about your future. My point is that I think too many parents in this country treat education too lightly. I am not a fan. I am actually the opposite of a fan. What do you call that? An anti-fan.