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School is much more than meets the eye, at least for the students that attend it. Going through it almost all your life, obviously the negative aspects of school start to overwhelm even the feeling of being educated or socializing. It becomes a daily routine that we do not necessarily favor; we would rather be at home sleeping at 8:30 in the morning. But the thing we don't realize until later on in life is how ever school day is like boot camp for life. The planning of schedules everyday and being trained to set goals and the skill to motivate you to achieve success. The significance of school is merely in the lectures or text books given in class, but the process of becoming an educated individual going to school.

Success in school does not guarantee success in the business world which seems ironic since they are training us to succeed. The kids that exceed in school are not always the smartest, they may be one of the most motivated students, but that motivation can come from anywhere. Factors such as family abuse due to bad grades or a possible threat who knows? Grades are not numbers that represent how intellectual a student is, it only calculates how good they are at following orders and completing objectives. Those kids may be more efficient in a company as an employee, while the other student who likes to do things as he wants to and succeed in his own aspects might be more suited to become an independent worker receive orders from no one but himself. It displays personality and work habits.

One big aspect that is taught in school is individualism. School saves us from getting no where in life and helps us find passion in ourselves. Like Obama's speech about school and its significance in our lives. School is not there to determine who is smart or stupid, it is there for all students to find their passion for things and interest that they may take up in their future. It saves students from being troubled with "beginning" to pursuit their dreams by giving options that are spread into individual classes. Everyone must have a starting point to finding out what interest them and school gives kids the motivation and allows us to explore ourselves over the years so we are somewhat prepared to pick classes in college after finding out more about ourselves.

Though one big flaw in the schooling system is the identification of learning disorders that are placed upon students who seem to have symptoms of the many learning disabilities. They are usually attended differently based on how minor or major they seem to be, but many are not even sure whether these disabilities are even real. Though schools are "not" meant to label who is smart or stupid, we still label students with mythical disorders that affect their experience at school. I feel that it is truly unnecessary to alert kids of these negativities that might make them believe in restrictions and limits that might make them more insecure. If the kids with ADD are able to be in the same class room as a normal kid, what difference does it make for the student that has ADD? Until the difference is vast and extremely noticeable, I believe the labeling of learning disabilities work only as a placebo for students.

Over the years there has been a gradual change in the education system from the traditional to the new age hippie teachers that try to incorporate themselves in the classroom with the kids. I strongly believe as a consumer of this new education that it is a big significant leap for future educations. School should not all be about discipline and respecting of authority, but a workout for your brain, and the perfect way is to focus on the habits of mind. To bend your mind into all different directions are a skill that is required for many occupations, and this does not mean logical thinking. It means thinking outside the box to incorporate alternative views and to kill your ego by considering other perspectives. This is much harder for some than others because many of us students are stubborn when it comes to personal opinions and ideas, and have a hard time allowing other possibilities access into our realities.