My education is paying off / myLot

United States

December 5, 2019 10:24pm CST

I realized my youthful education is paying off just this evening. All those 1000 word themes written as disciplinary measures for not doing homework or talking in class and all those lines and lines of "I will not talk in class" have totally prepared me. I can now whip out a 400 to 500 word article of my choice with very little effort. Sometimes I get to research my topic, and that is fun as well. It is actually much easier, because I can type it on the computer. No more laboriously printing, or scrolling along in cursive, line after annoying line. Just turn me loose and let me go. Now they pay me to jabber on about stuff. I do not know how many of you had that kind of experience as a child. Were you made to write to punish you for a school day infraction?

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Kokil agarwal

@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

6 Dec 19

Yes...all we learn in school does help us a lot in future

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169477)

• United States

7 Dec 19

Yes, even when it seems pointless we do learn things.

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Kokil agarwal

@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

7 Dec 19

@GardenGerty yes....we know there worth later on.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Dec 19

Mostly I was well behaved in class. But, with practice, you can get remarkably quick at knocking out short articles.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169477)

• United States

7 Dec 19

The thing is I NEVER would have been naughty on purpose, I just come from a long line of talkers. I also probably am recalling all the other kids who wrote those millions of words.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Dec 19

@GardenGerty Some kids in my class were very talkative too. They were always getting into trouble for it.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51819)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

6 Dec 19

For part of grade 7 and all of grade 8, I went to a Catholic school and the nun teaching us would make the entire class write out pages of the dictionary if we got too unruly.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169477)

• United States

7 Dec 19

Punishing all for the sins of one.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

6 Dec 19

no ma'am, no infractions here. 'nstead i 'twas made to write the days lessons'n the blackboard coz my teachers claimed i'd beautiful handwritin'. which 'f course got me lots 'f troubles from the other students, callin' me 'teachers pet'.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169477)

• United States

7 Dec 19

I never had perfect handwriting, but as I got older I enjoyed trying to copy various fancy types of writing. Again, looking back, it seems we wrote pages and pages of loops first, then circles then one letter after another. I never did quite get my lower case "q" right.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39503)

• United States

7 Dec 19

@GardenGerty ne'er claimed mine to be perfect, but 'lways got coerced 'nto writin' lessons'n the board, e'en when i got to college! most embarrassin'... all those teachers/professors 'd faint now, lol.

Angie

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

7 Dec 19

This is one of the best posts ever! Maybe that is why I am getting better and better.....

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

6 Dec 19

all writing was a punishment. I had other things to do. I wanted to have fun, be with friends, party, find a girlfriend.... So, homework, or any writing was a pain to me, therefore punishment. But no, I was not assigned menial writing for the purpose of punishment. I doubt I would have done it had it been assigned. I was like that in school. I didn't grow interested in education until my senior year.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169477)

• United States

7 Dec 19

Very honest, very usual and typical and our schools continue to fail at engaging students. My first husband was likely a genius, and he did very poorly in school.

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Clint Perry

@cperry2 (5608)

• Newport, Oregon

7 Dec 19

@GardenGerty I don't claim any high intelligence, but I did go back after 3+ years in the military and get a college degree, graduating with a 3.25. This while raising three children and working. I also put in two years into law school, but I did drop that because it interfered too much with family life.