It’s the truth: I’ve never been a fan of school. A bunch of grouchy underpaid teachers trying quantify human growth. The same teaching style doens’t work for every person. 

But possibly the most retarded course ever concieved is Planning 10. For those of you who haven’t had the “pleasure”, Planning 10 is supposedly a grade 12 level course for “LIFE SKILLS”. The whole damn course can be summerized to:

1 – eat healthy
2 – don’t screw without a condom 
3 – get a job
4 –  DONT GET PREGNANT
5 – Don’t be a shit driver

Cogratulations. You are completely qualified life-liver.

Planning 10 is based solely on the assumptions that the common highschooler was born without common sense. While I could name a couple people in school who would require such a course, an EQ test should’ve been done to find the people who need it. If you follow me on twitter, you’ll have noticed the updates during every class on how boring the class is.
A presentation from Worksafe BC. The presenter has the most massive mantitties ever. I can assure you thaqt this guy sits in his office complaining that his workers rights are being violated. So we learn about our workers rights and how much we should get paid etc. etc. Now, maybe it’s just me, but most of us are not doing hard labor for our first job. Most of us are smart enough not to put fingers into running machinery. MOST, not all, but MOST of us are not going to work in construction at 15 years old.

Driving. I am perfectly able to find out how to get my drivers license WITHOUT watching 5 videos on it. I think we understand the consequences of drinking and driving, considering that ICBC has bombarded us with such literature since grade 3. I GET THAT YOU’RE GOING TO CUT HOLES IN OUR BODIES IN THE ER. I GET THE BLOODY PICTURE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO REPEAT YOURSELF.

Google lists about 6.6 million resume generators online. Giving us a sample of a cover letter and resume is not considered teaching in most jurisdictions. The majority of the class runs our info through these generators and gets 25/25 on the assignment.

and finally, I don’t need to know what COLOR my personality is. I couldn’t care les if I had a metallic purple personality. It doesn’t have any bearing on my life. These questions wil not be asked in an exam and does not make for good small talk.

I have no hope for this educational system. They got rid of the grad portfolio and replaced it with an equally useless “grad transitions”. Rather than having time to complete our physical activity hours, we’re spending time in front of a computer typing up boatloads of dead trees for the benifit of the educational system, so they feel that they are actually making a difference for grade 12 students.

Educational fail.