That Poor, Poor Scholar

This poor young middle-schooler is far more intelligent than any of the educators in his life seem to want to give him credit for. He shows plenty of learning aptitude in all of the activities that he is interested in, and yet his teachers don't seem to recognize how not every student learns through memorization. Nearly all of them are bent on making their students memorize facts, and are so bound to process and procedure that they wont allow them to explore new things and enjoy education. This student's father suggests that he drop out when he turns sixteen, and learn more life skills at home, and he in all likelihood will because school as it is doesn't seem to hold anything more for him.

This is sad, and more than one example of bad teaching, but rather than get into all of that right here, I am going to just post a link to this Google Slides slideshow.