A while back when I was completely idle I did not want to do anything, well to be honest I just gave up on the educational system. These are my reasons for dropping out of university, an instititution which I lost myself in becuase I thought it was the logical thing to do as I had passed a few A-levels. If I stepped back for a minute, I would of relised that I did not evan need to go to university or evan study at A-level, it's all a pile of junk in my view.You do not learn anything practical you can use in the outside world, you are just equiped with the ability to analyse and critisise some old mans philosophy such as Karl Marx or Max Weber, who happen to have a point of view of how people interact in society. Now in order to pass your sociology exams, you literally regurgitate their opinions. So for example if your teacher asks you, Does class exist?, you reply with, well according to Karl Marx society is broken up into two classes the ruling class and the working class.There you go you have scored four points for being able to sucessfully repeat the views of other sociologists.
In any piece of work you are set if you dare include your own opinion, the maxium marks you can possibly get is, one. So it is clear that some academic courses in the western eductional system such as sociology and probarly many more, are ballshit as they do not allow the individual to voice their own views on society. I have been told it is the same scenario for G.C.S.E art, as you are told to emulate the artistic styles of renowned artists.
I beleive the teachers should allow the student to express and develop their own ideas by setting them tasks to carry out their own studies. When I studied A-level Sociology I did not evan have the opportunity to carry out any of my own studies, the entire course was revolved around analysing the views of other sociologists. While it is beneficial to study other sociologists, to understand the course from a subjective point of view. I believe the entire course of study should not be revolved around the study of other people in the field. And the teachers wonder why we get bored to death.
