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If You’re Not Learning, You’re Going Backwards
Learning is for life, not just for school
One of the things I remember during my years at school was how much some of my classmates downplayed or hated learning. For certain subjects, I got it.
Maths was never a strong point of mine. I preferred subjects such as English, History, and Geography. For whatever reason, I struggled in maths and had to work a lot harder to get decent grades. I never looked forward to these classes and I was always glad when they were over.
At my school, there were a variety of groups in my year. I flitted between a few of them and got to know the majority of the year as a result. Most people stuck to their groups, so although we all knew each other, it was rare that we knew each other intimately.
Something that struck me in all of these groups was that there were people in all of them who didn’t like school. This isn’t unusual, I don’t think there are many people, who are overly fond of school while they’re there. What was different about these people was that they seemed to hate any kind of learning at all.
When it came to taking our end of year exams after five years at school, there were a small minority of people who just didn’t seem to care how well or bad they did. I remember the one-hour physics exam…
