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 place to be, as I had passed a few A-levels. If I stepped back for a minute, I would of realised that I did not even need to go to university to study sociology, as from the short time I was there it was clear that the most part of the course you simply learn how to just analyse and critisise some old mans philosophy such as Karl Marx or Max Weber, who happen to have a point of view. Now in order to pass your sociology exams, you literally regurgitate the opinions of Karl Marx or Max Weber. So for example if your teacher asks you, What are Karl Marx's views on class?, 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 maximum marks you can possibly get is one. So it is clear that some academic courses in the western educational system such as sociology, are bullshit as they do not allow the individual to voice their own views on society, well at least on paper.
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, 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.
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