The mass education machine

Have you ever wondered what's the use of schooling when it's not relevant to real life?

Well, the truth is, the subjects you learned are a camouflage for the real curriculum. School is the training ground to grind the new populations in lessons of punctuality, obedience and reptition.

Remember the "ding ding ding" school bell which drives late students sprinting through the front gates. Yes, the very same bell that tolls whenever a class ends or canteen break begins. That's classical conditioning; obey the time-tables or be punished. Years later, when you show up for your first day of work (and for the rest of your work life) does it sting if you turned up late, or failed to punch your card on time?

In the past, the effective teachers are those with a loud voice and exhibit pyschotic symptoms of child-hate. Some of them carry a cane to whip us with. Be obedient. Listen to my instructions. Do your homework and KEEP QUIET! Your palm! Now! Ah, all these toiling to drill the lessons of obedience into us, because at work the boss will no longer use such primitive techniques. Secretly, all bosses are trained in Advanced Miseries for Rebellious Employees 666.

Rote repetition equals tons of homework and revision exercises. 10-year series, 3-year series, past-year papers and the ever-popular assessment books, just to set the ball rolling. Forget about mental stimulation and novel exposure. What we need is to tire the brains and slash resistance to our teachings (see paragraph above). Only then will we produce the talents needed to man our economies for the ones in charge. Hahaha... ...

To be truthful, I am grateful for the changes in education policies, especially those that do away with forced obedience and rote learning. Hell, I was never good at those.