disjointed ranting blog.
Do what you need to get through school, but seek out what you really want to learn in your own time.
Most of the stuff you learn is either wrong or useless. When/if you get to uni - some of you will be told in your first lesson to forget what you've learnt, and some of you will just find that whatever you learnt was pointless.
Why were we never taught about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Queen, Buddy Holly...?
To all the Scots out there - were you taught Auld Lang Syne? Were you taught the Scottish National Anthem? Surely as Scottish people we need to know that stuff, why aren't we forced to memorise it in junior school? It's embarrassing.
Why does the school system squash creative people? Why are we told that art, drama and music aren't "real" subjects, or that they're hobbies?! And why are we then told in music that we have to do specific things and stick to specific rules? If you do something wrong you're either stupid or naughty or have no talent...apparently.
I know that some of you guys out there feel trapped, or feel like you're crazy cause you think differently to your friends, or maybe you're going through something awful and you feel you can't talk about it. I reckon most of the schools out there will be letting you down. You've probably learnt to hide what you really think and what you really feel. But take that emotion and turn it into something positive - make some art, get online and share your experiences and get help and help others, build the strength to talk to someone. After all - if everyone looks inside themselves - we all have a heart-breaking secret. And nobody is immune to stress.
Once you're out of that school system, do what you love, be who you want to be, and lose your self-consciousness and let go. I've only just realized, it doesn't matter what people think of you or what you do - if you let loose, chances are people will actually love you more for it. The people that criticize and judge you probably don't know you very well, so why worry about their opinions? For every person that hates it - there's probably another person that loves it.
Here's the video that got me thinking yesterday
Also - PostSecret - I hope some of you guys have heard of it, but if not check out this video and then search for more
If you are having a hard time, or even a good time, I like you guys, and I like getting to know you - so e-mail me lindaharrison@myspace.com and I'll always do my best to reply
Most of the stuff you learn is either wrong or useless. When/if you get to uni - some of you will be told in your first lesson to forget what you've learnt, and some of you will just find that whatever you learnt was pointless.
Why were we never taught about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Queen, Buddy Holly...?
To all the Scots out there - were you taught Auld Lang Syne? Were you taught the Scottish National Anthem? Surely as Scottish people we need to know that stuff, why aren't we forced to memorise it in junior school? It's embarrassing.
Why does the school system squash creative people? Why are we told that art, drama and music aren't "real" subjects, or that they're hobbies?! And why are we then told in music that we have to do specific things and stick to specific rules? If you do something wrong you're either stupid or naughty or have no talent...apparently.
I know that some of you guys out there feel trapped, or feel like you're crazy cause you think differently to your friends, or maybe you're going through something awful and you feel you can't talk about it. I reckon most of the schools out there will be letting you down. You've probably learnt to hide what you really think and what you really feel. But take that emotion and turn it into something positive - make some art, get online and share your experiences and get help and help others, build the strength to talk to someone. After all - if everyone looks inside themselves - we all have a heart-breaking secret. And nobody is immune to stress.
Once you're out of that school system, do what you love, be who you want to be, and lose your self-consciousness and let go. I've only just realized, it doesn't matter what people think of you or what you do - if you let loose, chances are people will actually love you more for it. The people that criticize and judge you probably don't know you very well, so why worry about their opinions? For every person that hates it - there's probably another person that loves it.
Here's the video that got me thinking yesterday
Also - PostSecret - I hope some of you guys have heard of it, but if not check out this video and then search for more
If you are having a hard time, or even a good time, I like you guys, and I like getting to know you - so e-mail me lindaharrison@myspace.com and I'll always do my best to reply
posted by Linda Harrison at
13:17
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home