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We learn from our failures in the real world but why is it that we're punished in school??

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To answer your question from the title; It's because of social conditioning to keep you a slave.

It all starts when you are brought up to the school system. Wake up at 07:00-07:30am, be at the classroom at 08:15am, sit at your chair and be quiet, you're not allowed to chew gum, always ask the teacher for permission when you want to take a piss and never break rules. Prepare for the test, because there's only ONE right answer(which is bullshit by the way, in life there's a lot of different ways to reach a particular point) etc. It's all social conditioning.

School is a very complex topic. There's just so many things that are wrong with the current education system. In fact, everything in life works the complete opposite to what they teach you in school like:

-In school, there's only one RIGHT answer. If the teacher believes it's the right answer, you get a big R with a circle. If it's wrong, you get a big circled W, usually with a red pen to capture your attention. In life, it's the complete opposite. There's a lot of different ways to have the right answer. Example. There's lots of different ways to make a million dollars, get a jacked body, become good with people and so on.

-In school, you're taught that you should be a selfish individual during tests. In life, it's the complete opposite. Without a good team/relationships around you TO SUPPORT YOUR VISION, you'll feel lost. Especially if you're in the no mans land and want to succeed badly. You need to surround yourself with winners and seek advice when you need it the most.

-In school, you're taught to follow directions and rules instead of seeking your own truth and creating the path that you believe in the most that will help you. No questioning is allowed in school because they're alway right because a book says so. No school is going to teach you that, I think some individuals are just wired a little bit differently to always seek new knowledge and information.

-In school, you're taught that good grades and busting your a$$ at work is the key to success in life which is false. If HARD WORK was the only key to success then construction/cave workers would be the richest people on earth which is far, far from the truth.


It's just another psyop/agenda by the media. Society frowns on rich people by portraying them as greedy bastards in every single Hollywood movie or these common sayings like "Money won't buy happiness", "tax the rich" or "saving will make you rich" which are constantly drilled in our heads etc.

Last words, the money won't buy happiness saying is probably the biggest myth that exists out there, and the wealthy elites of the world have done a wonderful job at hiding how good it actually is to be wealthy. Even Andrew Tate said it perfectly: "If a black billionaire meets a white billionaire, and they meet an asian billionaire, do you think there's any racism between them?" Hell no. All these hot topics like global warming, electric cars, veganism, LGBTQ movement, BLM, Inflation are all problems for the poor and the middle class TO KEEP THEM DISTRACTED from reality. Do you really think a billionaire or super wealthy individuals care about any of these things really?
 

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To answer your question from the title; It's because of social conditioning to keep you a slave.

It all starts when you are brought up to the school system. Wake up at 07:00-07:30am, be at the classroom at 08:15am, sit at your chair and be quiet, you're not allowed to chew gum, always ask the teacher for permission when you want to take a piss and never break rules. Prepare for the test, because there's only ONE right answer(which is bullshit by the way, in life there's a lot of different ways to reach a particular point) etc. It's all social conditioning.

School is a very complex topic. There's just so many things that are wrong with the current education system. In fact, everything in life works the complete opposite to what they teach you in school like:

-In school, there's only one RIGHT answer. If the teacher believes it's the right answer, you get a big R with a circle. If it's wrong, you get a big circled W, usually with a red pen to capture your attention. In life, it's the complete opposite. There's a lot of different ways to have the right answer. Example. There's lots of different ways to make a million dollars, get a jacked body, become good with people and so on.

-In school, you're taught that you should be a selfish individual during tests. In life, it's the complete opposite. Without a good team/relationships around you TO SUPPORT YOUR VISION, you'll feel lost. Especially if you're in the no mans land and want to succeed badly. You need to surround yourself with winners and seek advice when you need it the most.

-In school, you're taught to follow directions and rules instead of seeking your own truth and creating the path that you believe in the most that will help you. No questioning is allowed in school because they're alway right because a book says so. No school is going to teach you that, I think some individuals are just wired a little bit differently to always seek new knowledge and information.

-In school, you're taught that good grades and busting your a$$ at work is the key to success in life which is false. If HARD WORK was the only key to success then construction/cave workers would be the richest people on earth which is far, far from the truth.


It's just another psyop/agenda by the media. Society frowns on rich people by portraying them as greedy bastards in every single Hollywood movie or these common sayings like "Money won't buy happiness", "tax the rich" or "saving will make you rich" which are constantly drilled in our heads etc.

Last words, the money won't buy happiness saying is probably the biggest myth that exists out there, and the wealthy elites of the world have done a wonderful job at hiding how good it actually is to be wealthy. Even Andrew Tate said it perfectly: "If a black billionaire meets a white billionaire, and they meet an asian billionaire, do you think there's any racism between them?" Hell no. All these hot topics like global warming, electric cars, veganism, LGBTQ movement, BLM, Inflation are all problems for the poor and the middle class TO KEEP THEM DISTRACTED from reality. Do you really think a billionaire or super wealthy individuals care about any of these things really?
Honestly,,,they don't care.for sure.
 

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Have been struggling from the side walk and slow lane,, not until I discovered unscripted .
1) Welcome to the forums! There's a ton of info and advice here. You are not alone in your journey from side walk, slow lane to fastlane. We're all here to help.

2) re: Learning to fail in school. There's a lot to unpack with that question. It's probably better to accept that this is the structure of schools rather than diving into the why.

To indulge that thought though, it's also a consequence of ineffective performance metrics. Schools are jobs for adults. Students' success is a measure of the teachers' ability to do there job. Teachers grade on a curve to make themselves look better, not because it helps their students. Standardized tests were introduced to help level set teachers' ability to teach, not student grades. This is why certain learning techniques are so popular in school and not in the working world; ie rote memorization. Better/different metrics around what makes successful students would change how things are taught.

Contrary to @Martin Z there is often only one right answer to a question. 1+1 will never equal 7. There are many different approaches to get to the right answer and that's the part which doesn't matter, so long as you follow some fundamental rules of science, mathematics, etc. Having said that, it's not reasonable for 1 teacher to teach a class of 30 the various ways you can determine the right answer across all the topics they are required to cover. So you're usually taught one way; the way that makes sense to the teacher, or the way the school board wants it taught.
 
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Thanks.
1) Welcome to the forums! There's a ton of info and advice here. You are not alone in your journey from side walk, slow lane to fastlane. We're all here to help.

2) re: Learning to fail in school. There's a lot to unpack with that question. It's probably better to accept that this is the structure of schools rather than diving into the why.

To indulge that thought though, it's also a consequence of ineffective performance metrics. Schools are jobs for adults. Students' success is a measure of the teachers' ability to do there job. Teachers grade on a curve to make themselves look better, not because it helps their students. Standardized tests were introduced to help level set teachers' ability to teach, not student grades. This is why certain learning techniques are so popular in school and not in the working world; ie rote memorization. Better/different metrics around what makes successful students would change how things are taught.

Contrary to @Martin Z there is often only one right answer to a question. 1+1 will never equal 7. There are many different approaches to get to the right answer and that's the part which doesn't matter, so long as you follow some fundamental rules of science, mathematics, etc. Having said that, it's not reasonable for 1 teacher to teach a class of 30 the various ways you can determine the right answer across all the topics they are required to cover. So you're usually taught one way; the way that makes sense to the teacher, or the way the school board wants it taught.
 

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The school manufactures slaves by promising them a very better distant future that they will not reach or if they manage to reach it it is with old age (a future that they will not be able to fully enjoy). the school to make us follow or respect and or teaches us not to transgress the established rules. When it's like that you learn nothing from the real one since in the real one you have to make mistakes and know what's good and what's not.


like the guy in front of this picture, the guy in front of there that's how the school runs after following its rules.
 

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The school manufactures slaves by promising them a very better distant future that they will not reach or if they manage to reach it it is with old age (a future that they will not be able to fully enjoy). the school to make us follow or respect and or teaches us not to transgress the established rules. When it's like that you learn nothing from the real one since in the real one you have to make mistakes and know what's good and what's not.


like the guy in front of this picture, the guy in front of there that's how the school runs after following its rules.
Thanks martin.
 
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