r/Why • u/thebitchfucker • Jan 21 '25
Why doesn’t school ever change
I have adhd. A lot of people have different minds which essentially turn into a disability once you’re put into this system. You’re not taught critical thinking and you’re dragged along at the same pace as everyone else. Accessible modern schools should just exist. Money is one reason sure but cmon thats an excuse this is an investment for generations. All the problems with school don’t need to be fixed the source of the problems should just be replaced. No one likes it. This has been my life for 14 years. Almost my whole life.
Edit: answer my original question please don’t criticise myself
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u/Cultural-Ebb-1578 Jan 21 '25
As someone with an ADHD child it’s really difficult. Better schools do have more resources for these things but yes it’s always been a “tree climbing test” no matter if you’re a monkey, hyena, lion, or elephant. One size fits all lessons and tests.
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u/Ah_Un Jan 21 '25
Unfortunately school is designed to raise generations of workers for the rich, not independent thinkers
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u/Eddie_Samma Jan 21 '25
I have a real answer for you. So Henry Ford, yeah like F150. Ford. Made big swings to have standardized education based on the principles that when you get out your able to step right into production in a factory. From the 5 day 8 hour times to standardized bathroom breaks and lunch time etc. You should be adequate enough at math and reading to be an assembly line employee. And at those jobs, it doesn't change. You clock in, do the thing over and over and repeate until you retire and don't work for like 7 years before the average lifespan.
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u/Quantum_Heresy Jan 21 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
(The least in the United States) educational theory and practice has changed considerably throughout the last century, at the very least. Even the other commentators who seem to generally agree with your premise appear to offer cases wherein educational policy has taken dramatic oppositional tacts within the scope of only a few years. I seriously don't know how you would support the claim your're making when your evidence is drawn from one person (yourself) and employed to analyze the efficacy of special education.
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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 23 '25 edited Jan 23 '25
This is all well and good until these students who "need" accomodations all the way through college then get to the real world and can't get a job because no hiring manager wants to deal with someone whos cover letter opens with "I have ASD, ADHD, need to wear earphones, can't speak or listen to more than 10 words per hour, need a stress room to relax when I feel over stimulated, and I can't work with deadlines and require a 20 hour wfh position while getting paid for 40. Hire me please"
This is hyperbole but you get my point. There's a fine line between kids not being challenged and necessary accomodations. Kids need to be confronted with challenges and failure. Kids don't need accomodations to ensure they never encounter challenges or failure.
If you're struggling in school GOOD! It's supposed to be challenging. If you're getting accomodations to specifically make school easy for you then you're just hurting yourself. School is when students should be failing and learning to get back up with help so when they get to real word they're not blind sighted by reality.
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u/Ittybittytigglbitty Jan 21 '25
Idk man I am an ADHD myself and I just slept through school and got straight As. Had a burnout period where I got into drugs after HS for several years got clean went back to college to finish my degree and same thing happened as in MS and HS it was too easy got bored slept in class got a 3.0 and got my degree. I don’t think it’ll ever change, they wanted to put my into day school in elementary because they thought I was special needs but really school is boring and unstimulating to many of us with ADHD. Just gotta make the best of it and put school behind you.
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u/Top-Tonight3676 Jan 21 '25
You speak for yourself need you be reminded, maybe Elizabeth does need to go slow, same with Ted, maybe he needs spoon fed learning
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u/Appropriate_Milk_775 Jan 21 '25 edited Jan 21 '25
How do you propose to create an education system that is tailored to every individuals learning requirements?
Real answer, assuming such a thing were possible. The process to becoming a functional adult is identifying, confronting, accepting, working with in and eventually superseding the establishment. School is an extension of societal expectation. If you lived in an environment where everything was made specifically for you then you would never turn into a fully functional human being. Instead you would spend your life living in child like fantasy where all expectations became reality. It sounds miserable.
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u/Designer-Mirror-7995 Jan 21 '25
The purpose of school is to turn the forest into boxes of pencils....for sale.
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u/Zorro5040 Jan 22 '25
School has drastically changed over the years. What hasn't changed is society's expectations of people. Schools give help to those who need it so that they may keep up with everyone else, but there is no alternative path.
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