Now I see I hate the Portuguese educational system even more than I did before.
Honestly, I used to think it was something like this:
Listen (or not) to the teacher. Memorize for the test. Forget. Listen to the teacher again. Memorize for the other test. Forget. Listen to another teacher. Memorize for the test. Forget.
But I've understood that, as if this wasn't bad enough, I was missing the worst part of all. The "let's make it easier, shall we?" and "I'm so petrified by the idea of making my students think" part. This fever is tempting and we end up sinking in laziness and uselessness.
School was supposed to teach people not only Chemistry and Maths but also how to think! And we're not even learning Chemistry and Maths properly! It's no surprise that this country is in such a bad shape. If we grow up surrounded by this "the easier the better" philosophy wherever we go, what kind of citizens are we supposed to become? We're being turned into (bad) copycats every single second of our lives and that's depressive.
The worst problem of all: it starts in school but it has already spread to the whole society. It's EVERYWHERE.
So, basically, what I hate so much is not the educational system itself (which is only disgusting and even somewhat offensive) - it's the national philosophy underneath it.
yours,
millou
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