WHY

     Schools these days don't add up to me (hehe see what I did there "add up"), not only because half of the teachers actually hate their job, but also with what we actually learn. 
     Little kids always have that one question that starts out cute, but later makes you want to smack them.  "Why?"  Why do kids do that?  Because they are curious, they are learning new things and they are excited about it.  They want to know about everything.  Teachers, in return would always ask back.  They would ask us why things are the way they are, why do we think that, and why would you do that.  Asking why can be a beautiful thing.
     So why do teachers not ask why anymore.  They give us facts, and we have to memorize these facts.  Especially in math and science.  We never have time to think about anything, other then the fact that we have to pick one equation that we were supposed to memorize.  We don't learn why it works, we just learn that it does.
     From my own experience, the only class that actually makes me think is my English class of the year.  We have to think about what things mean, and why an author would say that.  We need to think about interpreting correctly, and how something can be said in different ways.  Why do we not do things like that in other classes.  WHY don't we learn HOW things are done?  Maybe this makes me a curious little kid again, but is that such a bad thing?

Love,

 

The kid who always asks WHY