Declaration of Learning Independence

Learning should stem from the individual desire to acquire more knowledge. Much like how many former athletes or service men no longer enjoy exercising from their brutal and long experience doing it the same goes for learning and students. We think school is enough without any individual supplements and follow the carrot of percentage points as the marker of our success. There is stuff wrong with that but not much we can do now, the thing we do determine is our actions, and our destiny. You get the life you choose. That means you are solely responsible and should do the most important things to the highest potential. This is why I declare my independence from learning in the “Educational Industrial Complex” as my Uncle a veteran and bleeding heart liberal calls it (a spin-off of Ike’s Military Industrial Complex”. I make the choice to pursue learning not for the grades and test scores but the genuine want to have more knowledge. It’s cliché but Francis Bacon was correct in asserting “knowledge is power”. It separates us from the animals and allows us the achieve more. This romantic notion of ideas is why I follow the path of learning even if it drifts from the standards set by the man or takes more time; it is worth chasing.