School: The World's Terrorist, or A Helpful Friend?

The Flattest Pancake · 06-12-2009, 07:34 PM

If there's one thing that shouldn't exist in this world then I think that that thing is school. God, I hate school. I'd do ANYTHING to get out of it. Watching people through windows with their heads stuck to the glass looking outside thinking,"How the heck am I supposed to live with this?" Well, you can live with it. But I just think schools yelling at you for getting an F is wrong. Leave your parents to do that work. This may sound a little odd, but i'm only in 4th grade, but I know that once i'm in middle school, i'm doomed. Kids will me walking around smelling terribly.(You wouldn't want to know how smelly this kid in my class is. BLEH!) Kids all around the USA are wondering,"What would happen if school never existed? Would I be the stupidest person in the world? Or would I just not be that bright?" The correct answer is, neither of them. The actual answer is that you would just have no encouragment when you do something bad. They would just sit there being boring old lazy slobs like a kindergardener on a hot summer day eating ice cream. Not many kids don't go to school, and I do go to school. But school can help more than you excpect it can. Now I know this sounds a little weird to be talking so serious on a video game forum, but this needs to be discussed. School helps in life. It makes you rich when you're famous, it makes you get all the girls by being smarter, and it gives you a life by giving you education. I would love school to be gone, but at least not until I get most of it understandable. You guys try to reply to this in any way possible.

Redshirt · 06-12-2009, 07:43 PM

School isn't my cup of tea either.

But you do learn some interesting things there(it usually isn't what they are teaching though).

Robotazy · 06-12-2009, 07:49 PM

School only sucks when you get bad grades.

You'll love it if you get good grades

The Flattest Pancake · 06-12-2009, 07:50 PM

Right. Of course it's...oh,GOD,no! You don't mean,"it"?

Redshirt · 06-12-2009, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BOTVGH Fan

Right. Of course it's...oh,GOD,no! You don't mean,"it"?

Yes "it" MUAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

**X-3** · 06-12-2009, 07:55 PM

Hold it! No more it in this topic! I don't want to be scarred further.

...yeah, school will get better or worse. Make good friends...you won't regret it.
That may determine if school gets better or worse...I guess.

FlipSwitch · 06-12-2009, 08:08 PM

Sorry, Blue Toad. BOTVGH Fan is a little loopy when it comes to... Well, you know... but how about we be freinds! Deal?

Speed · 06-12-2009, 08:50 PM

...

I'm homeshooled and I learned more from googleing the word "Science" then I did from 8 years of private school science class.

Also, Bill Nye.

**Valigarmander** · 06-12-2009, 09:35 PM

Hello there, children.

***CaptHayfever*** · 06-12-2009, 11:39 PM

^Yeah, you'd probably sing the same songs, too.

BOTVGH Fan, is this some kind of a gag?

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

t3hDarkness · 06-13-2009, 02:07 AM

The point of school isn't about grades. Grades are only a way to seperate the students and distract them from the actual purpose of school.

Robotazy · 06-13-2009, 02:27 AM

Um, allowing people to have proof of your intelligence, so that when you make your resume you can state you were the smartest person in your Grade School?

I mean, they'll hire you off the bat. Smarter than a 10-year old? Why, that's smarter then most working class adults already.

Metal Man · 06-13-2009, 02:30 AM

What do you mean? I learned many things in school!

Kindergarten:
- How to lay on the floor
- How to play Oregon Trail 2
- How to Mumble Incoherently

1st-2nd Grade:
- How to fight 5 kids at once with a jacket zipper as your weapon
- How to operate Dot Matrix Printers
- Punching people 101
- How to hurl kickballs in the street and laugh when they are run over
- How to hit your head on poles endlessly (toughened up my forehead)
- Surviving Staples in your spaghetti 101
- How to fake people out by not saying the pledge of allegiance but rather moving one's lips meaninglessly
- How to interrupt teachers and tell people China has no electricity

3rd-4th Grade:
- What it's like to nearly die of asphyxiation
- How to survive assassination attempts by 6 classmates
- How to kick someone in the groin
- How to lose your mind and go into a viking rage
- How to play suicide, the game where you hurl tennis balls at people (and get them thrown at you)
- How to identify the 4 signs of someone with a mental breakdown (the ironically named Mr. Stern, blowing up. I would put the pillow over my ears to block out his screaming)
- How to identify corrupt administrations (hint: All the good computers are in the hands of teachers)
- How to defend a teacher accused of racism
- All about the 50's and the whimsical books back then which say 'Man has yet to land on the moon'
- How to screw up your education by being unofficially skipped a grade because 'The 5th graders are more on your level intelligence wise'

And this is just the preview! In later semesters:
- How to make bad tests vanish forever and never be graded
- How to intimidate people you don't like who you are grouped with into actually doing their work
- How to get out of high school 2 years early

Funny thing is, I actually joined VGF when I was in, I think, yeah. 5th or 6th grade. Man. That was 9 years ago.

t3hDarkness · 06-13-2009, 02:34 AM

Intelligence has nothing to do with school.

**Valigarmander** · 06-13-2009, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Kindergarten:
- How to play Oregon Trail 2

What? That's weak, all we had was Oregon Trail 1.

And one computer had Oregon Trail 2, and it was always taken.

Metal Man · 06-13-2009, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valigarmander

What? That's weak, all we had was Oregon Trail 1.

And one computer had Oregon Trail 2, and it was always taken.

Yeah, we were well off. We got three Apple IIes.

Ironically that was as good as it got, even as the 90's crept on and all the staff had Windows 95. They went to buy more computers and then a crooked janitor stole them all. Because they hired convicts for janitors. Go figure!

I am nobody · 06-13-2009, 05:47 AM

1st grade was absolute hell for me. I was ahead of the class in pretty much every subject, so I was rewarded by being asked to fill a bowl using a milliliter eye dropper. I had about 5 minutes every day and the bowl was emptied after I left. That taught me that teachers are sadists.

So yeah... I basically had to listen to the same lectures about kindergarten Math and English repeated once or twice every day for 6 months. I did actually learn something, though. It is possible to develop chronic headaches merely from being bored! And those headaches can be severe enough to have a CT scan prescribed! (true story.)

Needless to say, pulling out of public school following 1st grade solved all my problems. Especially the part about not learning anything.

The Flattest Pancake · 06-13-2009, 05:58 AM

Oh yeah? Well, i've got something. In 3rd Grade we were doing this boyoncey task, and we had to make boats out of clay. My GOD did it take me forever. Every single time I.....GAAAAH!*I have removed the following content due to unbearable swearing.*

Okay, I just got a bit coo-coo. But school just KILLS me! My music teacher yells at you if you even whisper! My library teacher gets all mad at you if you miss one question. My gym teacher...well... he has no problem. And my art teacher is pretty much like my music teacher except nicer. Ugh.

SephirothKirby · 06-13-2009, 06:00 AM

School sucks.

People in schools suck.

School is necessary, but at 10 I can see why you would think that.

The Flattest Pancake · 06-13-2009, 06:12 AM

Yeah, I know. Like I said, I don't think I would be able to survive middle school.

06-12-2009, 07:34 PM	#1
The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	School: The World's Terrorist, or A Helpful Friend? If there's one thing that shouldn't exist in this world then I think that that thing is school. God, I hate school. I'd do ANYTHING to get out of it. Watching people through windows with their heads stuck to the glass looking outside thinking,"How the heck am I supposed to live with this?" Well, you can live with it. But I just think schools yelling at you for getting an F is wrong. Leave your parents to do that work. This may sound a little odd, but i'm only in 4th grade, but I know that once i'm in middle school, i'm doomed. Kids will me walking around smelling terribly.(You wouldn't want to know how smelly this kid in my class is. BLEH!) Kids all around the USA are wondering,"What would happen if school never existed? Would I be the stupidest person in the world? Or would I just not be that bright?" The correct answer is, neither of them. The actual answer is that you would just have no encouragment when you do something bad. They would just sit there being boring old lazy slobs like a kindergardener on a hot summer day eating ice cream. Not many kids don't go to school, and I do go to school. But school can help more than you excpect it can. Now I know this sounds a little weird to be talking so serious on a video game forum, but this needs to be discussed. School helps in life. It makes you rich when you're famous, it makes you get all the girls by being smarter, and it gives you a life by giving you education. I would love school to be gone, but at least not until I get most of it understandable. You guys try to reply to this in any way possible.

06-12-2009, 07:43 PM	#2
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,699 Thanks: 704 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	School isn't my cup of tea either. But you do learn some interesting things there(it usually isn't what they are teaching though).

06-12-2009, 07:49 PM	#3
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	School only sucks when you get bad grades. You'll love it if you get good grades

06-12-2009, 07:50 PM	#4
The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Right. Of course it's...oh,GOD,no! You don't mean,"it"?

06-12-2009, 07:55 PM	#6
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Hold it! No more it in this topic! I don't want to be scarred further. ...yeah, school will get better or worse. Make good friends...you won't regret it. That may determine if school gets better or worse...I guess.

06-12-2009, 08:08 PM	#7
FlipSwitch Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Looking forward. Gender: Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 20 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts Blog Entries: 12	Sorry, Blue Toad. BOTVGH Fan is a little loopy when it comes to... Well, you know... but how about we be freinds! Deal?

06-12-2009, 08:50 PM	#8
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	... I'm homeshooled and I learned more from googleing the word "Science" then I did from 8 years of private school science class. Also, Bill Nye.

06-12-2009, 09:35 PM	#9
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Hello there, children.

06-12-2009, 11:39 PM	#10
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^Yeah, you'd probably sing the same songs, too. BOTVGH Fan, is this some kind of a gag? And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

06-13-2009, 02:07 AM	#11
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	The point of school isn't about grades. Grades are only a way to seperate the students and distract them from the actual purpose of school.

06-13-2009, 02:27 AM	#12
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Um, allowing people to have proof of your intelligence, so that when you make your resume you can state you were the smartest person in your Grade School? I mean, they'll hire you off the bat. Smarter than a 10-year old? Why, that's smarter then most working class adults already.

06-13-2009, 02:30 AM	#13
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	What do you mean? I learned many things in school! Kindergarten: - How to lay on the floor - How to play Oregon Trail 2 - How to Mumble Incoherently 1st-2nd Grade: - How to fight 5 kids at once with a jacket zipper as your weapon - How to operate Dot Matrix Printers - Punching people 101 - How to hurl kickballs in the street and laugh when they are run over - How to hit your head on poles endlessly (toughened up my forehead) - Surviving Staples in your spaghetti 101 - How to fake people out by not saying the pledge of allegiance but rather moving one's lips meaninglessly - How to interrupt teachers and tell people China has no electricity 3rd-4th Grade: - What it's like to nearly die of asphyxiation - How to survive assassination attempts by 6 classmates - How to kick someone in the groin - How to lose your mind and go into a viking rage - How to play suicide, the game where you hurl tennis balls at people (and get them thrown at you) - How to identify the 4 signs of someone with a mental breakdown (the ironically named Mr. Stern, blowing up. I would put the pillow over my ears to block out his screaming) - How to identify corrupt administrations (hint: All the good computers are in the hands of teachers) - How to defend a teacher accused of racism - All about the 50's and the whimsical books back then which say 'Man has yet to land on the moon' - How to screw up your education by being unofficially skipped a grade because 'The 5th graders are more on your level intelligence wise' And this is just the preview! In later semesters: - How to make bad tests vanish forever and never be graded - How to intimidate people you don't like who you are grouped with into actually doing their work - How to get out of high school 2 years early Funny thing is, I actually joined VGF when I was in, I think, yeah. 5th or 6th grade. Man. That was 9 years ago.

06-13-2009, 02:34 AM	#14
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Intelligence has nothing to do with school.

06-13-2009, 05:47 AM	#17
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	1st grade was absolute hell for me. I was ahead of the class in pretty much every subject, so I was rewarded by being asked to fill a bowl using a milliliter eye dropper. I had about 5 minutes every day and the bowl was emptied after I left. That taught me that teachers are sadists. So yeah... I basically had to listen to the same lectures about kindergarten Math and English repeated once or twice every day for 6 months. I did actually learn something, though. It is possible to develop chronic headaches merely from being bored! And those headaches can be severe enough to have a CT scan prescribed! (true story.) Needless to say, pulling out of public school following 1st grade solved all my problems. Especially the part about not learning anything.

06-13-2009, 05:58 AM	#18
The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Oh yeah? Well, i've got something. In 3rd Grade we were doing this boyoncey task, and we had to make boats out of clay. My GOD did it take me forever. Every single time I.....GAAAAH!I have removed the following content due to unbearable swearing. Okay, I just got a bit coo-coo. But school just KILLS me! My music teacher yells at you if you even whisper! My library teacher gets all mad at you if you miss one question. My gym teacher...well... he has no problem. And my art teacher is pretty much like my music teacher except nicer. Ugh.

06-13-2009, 06:00 AM	#19
SephirothKirby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. Gender: Posts: 7,213 Thanks: 373 Thanked 760 Times in 447 Posts	School sucks. People in schools suck. School is necessary, but at 10 I can see why you would think that.

06-13-2009, 06:12 AM	#20
The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Yeah, I know. Like I said, I don't think I would be able to survive middle school.