(one size doesn't fit all)
Amen @f3nix. One size fits all BS is the reason I dropped out of highschool. I was forced into subjects that I weren't good at and I lost marks because the answers I gained with few lines were supposed take an entire page or something.
I was told that I should adapt to the average-standard-student levels and do the math as everyone does it. At one point I had had enough and intentionally slept through exams just to get an F. (At one time I was afraid I answered too much and wouldn't get an F)
Maybe you are just too clever/different to fit the standardized parameters of the scholastic system, whose aim is mainly to produce standardized, obeying men and women without a trace of capability of autonomous thinking. In general (with some few exceptions), I believe that the school is the first institution where we start loosing our original nature of free and powerful beings.
My first hand experience is that what you are talking about is 100% correct. I've seen so much inspiration just dry out in school. I've had many friends who just decided to grow up: AKA fit in and get a job.
Most people don't have the stamina and tenacity to stand their ground. They just stop believing in themselves and settle for something easy.
The media goes around glamorizing the ordinary and the flawed and kills off the inspiration. I've written about postmodernism here: https://steemit.com/philosophy/@vimukthi/deconstructing-postmodernism
My problem is the resistance toward the greatness and perfection. The latest Spiderman movie was turned into total garbage. The original trilogy had real heroism with MJ vs the children from first one, train stop from the second and the last 30-ish minutes from the 3rd movie. One of my all time favorite heroic moments was the ending of Amazing Spiderman. It really sold everything Spidey is. It's what I think about when I want to define spidrman.
The villain from the beginning comes stronger and after suffering great personal loss and a city without spiderman, a kid walks upto fight the baddie and Spidey comes at last with his wit and talent and keep up the good fight. It was more than a highschooler with super powers. It was maturity, responsibility and standing up for what's right without grimness or malice.
Not some highschooler with problems but a great young kid worth looking upto. Our generation has forgotten to look up both figuratively and literally. I mean when is the last time we heard about going to space and when is the last time you heard creating a safe space?
I'm trying to understand your quoted article....
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