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My Opinion/Rant on the World's Education system[Please Read]

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Well my topic explains it all. I've tried coming back, but there are a lot of factors that are preventing me from doing so, along with my undesire to, so a handful of you probably won't recognize me. All my life I've had great grades, many accomplishments, and I thought I was gifted/smart because of it, and all of my pride disappeared in a split second. Anyways, I've had a lot of questions, and have had no answers. I really need some.

It started a few weeks ago, when I asked my parents if I could file a utility patent. I created a way to make swimming goggles impossible to leak along with easy removal, and nothing like it existed. I also contacted my other friends dad who is the CEO of a fairly big company and has experience doing it, and he said that it would most likely be accepted, and has tons of practical uses. I mean I could license this to one of the big swimming companies like TYR/Speedo, and have a chance of making a lot of money.

I went to my parents about this and they got extremely angry. - They said I was wasting my time because I was doing something that wasn't necessarily "fun for me" or wasn't any thing that would contribute to a successful future, so it was instantly looked down upon. On top of that, my parents decided to take control of my stock portfolio, because I was worrying too much about money, and all I should do was study ,and every now and then have fun.

I was pissed at this moment, because I really thought I could do a lot with this. Then my parents literally decided to tell me my life. "Alright heres how its gonna work. You go to school. Get all A's. Do some sport to up your chances of getting into a good college. Do some science project, and make a club to get into a good college. Get into a good college, then get a good job.

Then I thought over this again. This sort of helped me realize what this world is actually like. You go to school to learn a bunch of crap that you never will lose to go to a school where you learn more junk, and then you go work for someone else. Is that really our world? What happened to pushing innovation, active thinking? Our entire education system is pushing the kids of america to go work for someone else.

I'm not saying that everything we learn in school is useless but a lot of it is. I mean come on. I'm probably never going to use social studies, or calculus in real life. Ever. The only sort of applicable class is Literature/Writing.

On top of that, my parents keep asking me to read these university magazines, and are showing me how all these kids are doing great things, yet when I ask them to do something that has extreme potential, they refuse to let me?

Does anyone know why our education system is like this? Why is it completely useless? I mean I get that some people are fine with working for someone else, but we shouldn't be trained to do that. Can someone help me? Give me some advice? Please if your reading this, at least say something, or give your opinion on this topic. I'm desperate.
 

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You go to school to learn a bunch of crap that you never will lose to go to a school where you learn more junk, and then you go work for someone else.
Crap? No. Extra time spent for something possibly unusable? Yes. It's how the world works.

I'm probably never going to use social studies, or calculus in real life. Ever. The only sort of applicable class is Literature/Writing.
This is a little bit one-sided. If calculus wasn't important, where would Newton or Leibniz be? Nothing would ever advance otherwise.

School annoys me because I do feel like certain classes are a waste of time, but if everybody thought calculus wasn't important, where would gravity be?
 
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Crap? No. Extra time spent for something possibly unusable? Yes. It's how the world works.


This is a little bit one-sided. If calculus wasn't important, where would Newton or Leibniz be? Nothing would ever advance otherwise.

School annoys me because I do feel like certain classes are a waste of time, but if everybody thought calculus wasn't important, where would gravity be?
The percentage of people who actually use Calculus is a lot smaller than the percentage of people who don't.
 

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Agreed it is tricky, but a person definitely knows whether they like something or not. They'll decided on their own?
A person can't decide that on there own until they've finished second level education...
People end up dropping out of college courses even after high school and whatever..
 
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A person can't decide that on there own until they've finished second level education...
People end up dropping out of college courses even after high school and whatever..
I know. Second level education/middle school is actually crucial. I'm talking about high school, or third level. Most people know what they want to do by that point.
 

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School is the biggest waste and is only harming kids. If you know what you want to do, lets say you want to be an enginner, start learning what you need to know for that job, not spending 16 hours a day because also homework for AP classes on some random crap you dont give a heck about. Our education system is trash, throw crap in your head just for some dumb test. Do you think Bill Gates needed that trash. No he dropped out of college because he knows what the heck he wanted to do and did it. He didnt need to be learning some World Geography. -Still an all A student because grounded for year for B's. what bs
 

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This is why communism was invented, to eliminate the need to jam some potentially useless crap into our heads.

I say you should just present the idea to them in a mature way that impresses them enough to allow it. Good luck
 
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Also im a year-around great swimmer and those goggles would be pretty dang nice. I'm just waiting for these "fog proof" goggles to actually work.
Don't know about fog proof, but I've 100% made leak proof, I built it myself and tested it out. I'm going to use my own money and file the patent myself, and as soon as I get it(Which might take some time), I'll PM you and I can ship you a prototype, provided you give me feedback :)
 

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Don't know about fog proof, but I've 100% made leak proof, I built it myself and tested it out. I'm going to use my own money and file the patent myself, and as soon as I get it(Which might take some time), I'll PM you and I can ship you a prototype, provided you give me feedback :)
Watch out chad doesn't get any ideas.


Keep this info to yourself. If this is some revolutionary stuff, you don't want anyone knowing any hints or details.

thank me when ur rich
 

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