Delano Tackles Education

So I just watched this movie called "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas".It was soooo good.It was really sad too.So it's about a little German boy who's dad is the man in charge of a Nazi concentration camp.The boy ends up befriending a little Jewish boy inside the neighboring concentration camp.So yeah.One part of that movie reminds me of my childhood.The little boy and his sister end up getting a tutor to come to their house.So the tutor's thoughts and views end up influencing the way the children think and carry themselves.After spending just a few weeks with the apparent Jew hater,the little sister puts Hitler posters up in her room and begins to act somewhat brutish.The tutor told the little boy that his adventure books were a waste of time.The tutor makes him read almanac's and history books in place of his adventure books.I think it's safe to say that we've all been in that situation at one point in our lives.Where your teachers or your parents tell you that it's time to grow up.I used to love books.A lot.And now i can't stand to pick up a book on free will.No matter how hard i try.It hurts,because back in the good ol' days I stayed up until sometimes two in the morning reading.Once in fifth grade,we had to read a book and write a book report over it.We couldn't do Harry Potter,so i had to choose something else.While everyone else was grabbing their "Because of Winn-Dixie"'s and "Treasure Island"'s,I grabbed "My Friend the Vampire".Large font and a few pictures would best describe this book.I got roasted so bad because of that.My teacher clowned me,the kids clowned me.Hell,even the autistic kid that always got roasted made fun of me.I quickly put that book back and got "Holes".After that day,i had no interest in reading anymore.I still read Harry Potter until the very end,but you know what i mean.It just made me wonder.Who decides that a fifth grader has to read a chapter book?Who decides that an eleventh grade boy can't read a picture book?Who says that you have to read_______(insert book title)here to learn about life and all it's cycles.Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" can teach the same thing and it only has 225 words.And an added bonus,pictures.Why is it that whenever i go to the public library downtown,i go to the children's section and i look out of place.The definition of book from dictionary.com.Book:Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.I feel that whatever a child,teenager,or adult calls a book is their own business.If i find "Goodnight Moon" a source of knowledge,then you should be cool with that.If "The Giving Tree" teaches me about making the right choices regarding the earth and other stuff,rather than "Stop Global Warming:The Solution Is You!",why should you care?I'm learning,right?So back to the movie.The tutor also tells the boy that all Jews are bad and other nonsense.Personally i don't get the whole teacher qualification mess.I know a lot of people who aren't teachers,but teach me everyday.They didn't get certification.They didn't graduate with a degree in education(i think a person just has to have a degree in order to be a teacher.they don't have to major in education.Hhmmmm.Because just having a degree makes you certified.Riiiiitttteeeee....).Yet they teach me the most valuble lessons.I have a few teachers right now that i could actually say should be teachers.Some are just warm bodies babysitting warm bodies.I always hear about people who graduate at the top of their class,but 10 years later,they work at Dairy Queen.In school,I think they're teaching us the wrong things.Well not necessarily.They're not teaching us enough of the right things.My algebra teacher finds ways to interpret real world stuff in the lessons he teaches.He explains why it's important to know the interest rate of something or something like that.Yet,my physics teacher tells me i need to know how to find elastic velocity,or whatever the hell it's called,so i can pass the TAKS test and graduate.If i just need to learn something just so i can graduate,i don't think i will be satisfied with my diploma.Dictionary.com says,Graduation:the state of being graduated.In that statement,graduated means to be improved.If i just learn stuff to graduate,I'm not being improved.I'm being lied to.They give you this false sense of accomplishment,just so the world can eat you alive.I just kinda changed my stance in the debate with myself.If you teach me something that i can apply to my life later on,then school isn't a waste.Anyway.My fingers are dead.I could go on and on about this subject.But that's how i feel.If you don't like it,suck it.