About School And Other Stuff

[Ryan_047]

So..like in any other topic that I have created on this site,I am going to write a lot.I hope it won't get boring.

I've watched Leo's videos about school and I've got some few points that I want to talk about.

1.Leo said that the students need to study a lot in order to improve their work ethic,which will help them later in life.Learning should be pleasure because we,as human beings should know about the world.And the competition and the grades shouldn't motivate us,because they are like the politics of learning and represent external motivation.

Sounds good so far.My problem,so to speak,is about learning as much as possible the things that we are taught in school.Why?In my country(and maybe,like in the most countries worldwide) the educational system throws tons of useless information towards its students.My subjects that I like are the following: math, coding, history, English(it's not my native language) psychology and physics.Why I need to learn the other subjects?I agree that we all need to know the basics in every subject,but not be forced to learn advanced chemistry,for example(in my case).I don't get to pick my classes...

And let's face it...5 years after I will finish high school I won't remember not even half of the information that I learned at school,and I'm sure I won't be the only one.I noticed that I can trick myself to learn something that I normally hate,but this thought is frustrating.Use it or you'll lose it!And I'm sure that I won't use chemistry,literature in the future.

2.I don't know my life purpose yet...and because of that I can't get motivated,therefore I'm not motivated to improve my work ethic.To be honest,it's hard for me to get motivated at all.I'm not really sure what I want from life and this is frustrating..I can say that I want to know what I want,but I don't know how to find that out.And if I don't want nothing I can't get motivated,right?I've had emotional numbness for a long time and I cured(around 70%) with the help of meditation,affirmations,sport and socializing.After I saw really positive results I started to fall of track with meditation and affirmations.Even if I re-watch Leo's video about the benefits of meditation I still can't get motivated..

3.Don't get me wrong,I'm not searching for excuses/complaining for not going to school.I've always got good grades and I'm an average student at least.But I've got some problems and questions...Give me reasons to study really hard!I don't see any relation between finding my life purpose and learning useless stuff(no,I'm not saying that everything in school is useless,but most of the informations are..If my life purpose would be to become a painter,would advanced chemistry biology economy help me?No!).I'm not even sure of what my passions are and school takes a lot of my time and therefore it's hard to find them out.

In September I will enter 10th grade and I don't know what I want to do with my life yet.I want find my passions now and focus now on what I want to do!Are there any fellow students out here as well?If yes,I would love to hear your reasons for studying hard.I'm 16,if that counts for something..

[Christian]

I study because: 

• I love to understand how things work - it gives me a certain satisfaction
• I do it to develope my work ethic
• Because I need study skills to be a life long learner 
• It is a critical life skill that can be Applied in many areas of life especially after school.
• I want to get good grades and Excel at school :3 

Hope that inspired you to get going ? ☺️

[Extreme Z7]

@Ryan_047 Right, you really shouldn't be focusing on grades as it will completely distract you from the true learning that's possible when you choose to learn what you want to learn. However, I will say that you should study subjects that the school forces you study anyway even if you don't like them and study them well. The reason for this because it helps you practice open-mindedness and will help you broaden your perspective on life and not get too dragged into your own ego bubble. Leo has other videos on open-mindedness, just search for them on his channel.

Don't underestimate the difficulty of trying to cultivate open-mindedness, though, it's actually more difficult than you might think. There are many people out there that think they're already open-minded but the moment you bring up topics that they barely think about or already have preconceived ideas about, (e.g. meditation, spirituality, non-duality, personal development etc.) they'll just dismiss it out right or claim they "already know" what's being talked about. Don't be those people. They live miserable lives. You don't want that.