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Ketcham82 · 07-29-04, 09:49 PM

Grades, mid-terms, classroom assignments and books are the daily mantras that this system, the public education system, uses to produce "a workforce."

According to CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU students are not bound to be leaders, they are bound to be part of the workforce that generates millions of dollars to the economy in taxes each year. Public schools do not teach students how to lead. That's up to schools like Oxford, Yale or Harvard.

At CSU's, we're taught to think like sheep: think about your own thing, think about your videogames, think about your classes, you projects and more importantly, your grades. It's a good way to keep your mind off the things that really matter, for example, how school tuition keeps going up and no one seems to care. People who care, and who realize their potential to do something about it, are real leaders. Most of the people that you see at Cal Poly, day in and day out, are like sheep ... all hurdling to their next class or rushing to get in line at Panda Express. Gosh, gotta beat rush hour.

In the past four years that I've been at Cal Poly I've noticed that there aren't that many people who care about the things that really matter. It's no wonder how some students end up graduating from college without even having the skills to write proper English. And sometimes that's not their fault. It's the institution, it's the system. The system teaches you to think about one thing only: conformity. Just do whatever everyone else is doing and you'll be fine, those administrators up at the CLA building say.

So keep dreaming about the perfect "ride" or all the "fine" girls around the quad, and definitely keep worrying about those grades because you want to make sure that it is the grades that determine your future, not your overall college experience.

At Cal Poly, we have a lot of great people who put a lot of time into stuff that really matters and they are the ones that end up moving up to leadership positions in the future, while most of you will end up following the deadend trail of life.

07-29-04, 09:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ketcham82 Enthusiast Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Covina Posts: 188	Grades, mid-terms, classroom assignments and books are the daily mantras that this system, the public education system, uses to produce "a workforce." According to CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU students are not bound to be leaders, they are bound to be part of the workforce that generates millions of dollars to the economy in taxes each year. Public schools do not teach students how to lead. That's up to schools like Oxford, Yale or Harvard. At CSU's, we're taught to think like sheep: think about your own thing, think about your videogames, think about your classes, you projects and more importantly, your grades. It's a good way to keep your mind off the things that really matter, for example, how school tuition keeps going up and no one seems to care. People who care, and who realize their potential to do something about it, are real leaders. Most of the people that you see at Cal Poly, day in and day out, are like sheep ... all hurdling to their next class or rushing to get in line at Panda Express. Gosh, gotta beat rush hour. In the past four years that I've been at Cal Poly I've noticed that there aren't that many people who care about the things that really matter. It's no wonder how some students end up graduating from college without even having the skills to write proper English. And sometimes that's not their fault. It's the institution, it's the system. The system teaches you to think about one thing only: conformity. Just do whatever everyone else is doing and you'll be fine, those administrators up at the CLA building say. So keep dreaming about the perfect "ride" or all the "fine" girls around the quad, and definitely keep worrying about those grades because you want to make sure that it is the grades that determine your future, not your overall college experience. At Cal Poly, we have a lot of great people who put a lot of time into stuff that really matters and they are the ones that end up moving up to leadership positions in the future, while most of you will end up following the deadend trail of life.