School's do not prepare you for the future. They turn you into a subservient 19th century factory worker.

Schools in not just America, but almost every country on earth is based on a system to create factory workers. From the first moment you step in, you are told to sit down and shut up. write your assignments that are pointless (literally what is the point of writing 1500 words about nothing of actual use too you or your teacher) and don't ask questions we don't like. slowly you are drained of energy, creativity and any curiosity about the world. for a majority of your early life you are being rewarded for being a soleless robot, punished elsewise.

You are defined by the number or letter a teacher decides to give you, which is arbitrary, and says nothing about you as a person. the grade you are assigned is not even based on your work half the time. ever noticed if a teacher dislikes you, your grade reflects that? even if your work definitely reflects a higher grade. it's funny and depressing that the years in school were the teachers liked me I was graded highly, and the years I was graded poorly the teachers, did not like me.

it's just sad because everyone who ever went somewhere great and achieved something are not the teachers pets, it's the people who focused on harnessing what makes them great and not their fucking Shakespeare paper or math test.

This system is fucked, and I do not want my sister to start school next year too end up drained and depressed like me. for a poorly designed 150 year-old system too drain her of everything that makes her special. We need too change it, now!