Education: Not The Same Thing as Skool

Why Post-Secondary Education is Valuable Sometimes

While most primary education is stressful and a pain, that's primarily because when I got my original education, I was forced to do so, under a lot of pressure, and I wasn't motivated to learn things at the time.

It's DIFFERENT when you don't HAVE TO learn anymore, yet somehow, either by divine accident or ingenious human nature, you still want to.

post-secondary education benefits one in a number of ways in later life: It makes you more well rounded. It increases your knowledge to new levels. You get to meet new people and educators and often employers. A degree and schooling looks better on a resume and in a portfolio than nothing.

You don't need a degree just to work at a job and get work done. Nothing's stopping you from sitting at a computer and typing up a manuscript or screenplay of some sort.

School and work are linked, though. Just because school doesn't always lead directly to work doesn't mean it won't benefit you from being well rounded in your choice of career. You need knowledge TO work.

Pursuing education isn't really the point of education anymore.

To do well in school, you need to:

A. Be internally motivated to learn, and see how it can benefit the quality of your life by increasing your knowledge.

B. Naturally have a DESIRE to learn. It's often hard and impossible for anyone to learn and pursue a real education if they're not interested in learning in general (smart) and motivated. 


But let me clarify: Education. Not School. Not the same thing as school. Different situation. They call them "school shootings" for a reason. Because school IS a prison. Education is not. Real education is not anywhere as terrifying or intimidating or full of  bullies as school. Never forget that. Sure, there can be jerks in college, but they're not half as racist and bigoted and evil as skool kids.