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You might be missing the trees for the forest when it comes to boring. One of the major failings of public schools and society in general is we do not teach peo
by Shivetya 10y ago
You might be missing the trees for the forest when it comes to boring. One of the major failings of public schools and society in general is we do not teach people how to effectively use their idle time. Then to top it off we don't encourage use of it either.
Contributing back to society through actions not necessarily normally compensated needs to be brought out as a worth endeavor for employed, the unemployed, the unemployable, and so on.
From an early age we should encourage helping others and volunteering. This is not the same as "you have a nice pencil set and bookbag and should be forced to share it" its the idea that when you have free time here are things you can do to improve yourself and the world around you.
Then we get government and charitable organizations a means to easily communicate to all the opportunities available.
Being idle can really wreck the mind and soul. Never underestimate it
- bko 10y ago> One of the major failings of public schools and society in general is we do not teach people how to effectively use their idle time On a side note, most of my uni-lingual friends have often bemoaned not knowing another language despite taking it in school for 3 to 4 years. Not only has the school failed at teaching them basic proficiency of foreign language, the failure has convinced them of the futility of the effort. Talk about unintended consequences...