Comment Not Less Slacking, but Fewer Expectations (Score 1) 524
What America needs is a change in the public school system. The immense amount of pressure placed on schoolchildren encourages them into rebellion upon adolescence. During the recent spring break, four suicides occurred near my area due to the massive amount of pressure.
But it's not really the pressure that is the problem. The libertarian Charley Reese observed that "Boredom is the devil's workshop" -- school is way too boring, and such boredom leads to rebellion: slacking. If it could be made more fun, and if teenagers were treated like adults, perhaps the pressure problem would float away.
Another cause for the slacking may be that school attendance is compulsory. I've always found that I am more encouraged to finish projects to their completion if I chose to do the project voluntarily; perhaps if school were voluntary, the total, helpless idiots would just be kicked out (which would make class more challenging), and the people who do choose to educate themselves will be the most motivated, and thus, more successful.
But it's not really the pressure that is the problem. The libertarian Charley Reese observed that "Boredom is the devil's workshop" -- school is way too boring, and such boredom leads to rebellion: slacking. If it could be made more fun, and if teenagers were treated like adults, perhaps the pressure problem would float away.
Another cause for the slacking may be that school attendance is compulsory. I've always found that I am more encouraged to finish projects to their completion if I chose to do the project voluntarily; perhaps if school were voluntary, the total, helpless idiots would just be kicked out (which would make class more challenging), and the people who do choose to educate themselves will be the most motivated, and thus, more successful.
