Video Response

The video we watched in class yesterday made perfect sense to me. I was not one of those people who "didn't study" in high school. I have always had to put a lot of hard work and effort into the process in order to receive positive results. But sometimes even the amount of time and dedication put into studying gets shot down by "standardized" numbers and statistics. I would get very frustrated by the unfairness of multiple-choice questions because I felt like they were always tricking me. As a result, one of my worst habits is the tendency to overanalyze everything. In elementary school, there were times where we briefly skimmed aesthetic surfaces and tried learning with a creative approach:

But of course many good things like that come to a close when we have to "grow up" in high school. No more fun and games... Similar to the assembly lines discussed in the video, we are manufactured to make decisions quickly, and sometimes the parts are NOT interchangeable. Deciding what road to take in life is complicated when we have been conditioned to think within the boundaries of socially constructed norms.

My brother has ADHD, and his medicine could almost be compared to a temporary lobotomy. He loses his appetite, has less energy, and feels depressed as well as overwhelmed by the public school workload. I wish that the American public school system would support more art programs that allow more freethinking and creativity. I wish that we could explore a jungle rather than be caged in a 4-wall facility.

Students will thirst for more knowledge if that knowledge is offered through creative mediums.