“What did you learn at school today?” is a common question asked by my parents at the dinner table. Most often I answer them with an unenthusiastic “nothing”. This conversation symbolizes the boredom commonly found in American public schools. The students are bored and frustrated with their classes and education. Similarly the teachers are bored and frustrated with the lack of enthusiasm from their students. Students complain that the teachers are incapable of teaching their material and the teachers complain the students do not want to learn. John Taylor Gatto discusses this common classroom attitude in his article “Against School.” Gatto proposes the question then of who is to blame for the affliction of boredom among teachers and students alike. Gatto answers this with the simple sentence of “We all are.” The truth in the situation is that people are responsible for their own education and their own entertainment.
It is up to the individual to overcome their own boredom, be it in school, the workplace or at home. It is up to the student to find interest in what they are learning and to take care of their own education to ensure their own future. There is a lack of appreciation for education that wasn’t pre
So in a sense boredom in education can be a vicious cycle, the teacher is bored so the student is bored and the student is bored so the teacher is bored and so on and so forth. However education is not the only area of our lives we are often plagued with boredom. Adults often find themselves bored with their careers which often results in mid-life crises or a change in career. It is the adults who take the initiative when they are bored to go out and get another or a better degree that are the ones setting a good example for the youth of America. They are showing that people are responsible for their own entertainment and enjoyment of life. While adults and adolescents may often find themselves bored, children are among a minority who has no problem entertaining themselves. Retired people fill their time as well with hobbies and activities that they enjoy as well so as to not find themselves saying that all too familiar phrase “I’m bored.” It is the job of every senior citizen, adult, adolescent and child to amuse themselves, because each and everyone of them has a unique life and a unique future that they are obligated to pursue.
valent 100 or even 75 years ago. Education has become something that is taken for granted in this country and therefore school is seen as boring. To go to school used to be a privilege and something to be valued in this country because it meant that your family could afford to send you to school and you were not needed to work instead. It was a privilege that was only granted to boys and meant that they might be able to lead a better life than that of their fathers. In today’s world it is required for children to attend sc
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