School Life

Jewel YangNovember 4, 2024The School Experience

School is an important aspect of my community. The road to success is by finishing school. When we think of school, we think of it as an essential part of our lives. There are many purposes of school in my community.

One of the many reasons we go to school is to find ourselves. Finding yourself is probably the most important end goal in life. We need to truly understand ourselves in order to have a productive life in school. For instance, if you think biology is your weakest subject, you wouldn’t want to take an advanced class on it. But when you don’t know what you are interested in and randomly take a lot of advanced classes, you will later find out that you don’t have a passion for any of them. That will result in stress and bad grades. There are many subjects in school and through them we can find out more about ourselves.

The main purpose of school is to learn new things. Learning is a big part of my culture. We think having an education and learning new things can benefit our daily lives. Whether it is learning how to solve a quadratic equation or learning how to write essays, these are considered part of our personal growth. We need to learn in order to develop critical thinking.

We find critical thinking in all of our subjects. We use critical thinking to solve math problems, real world issues, etc. Critical thinking helps us not just in our daily lives, but it also plays a huge role when we are in serious situations. Critical thinking tests our rationality. It also shows how a person thinks and how they will react to different situations.

In conclusion, there are no concrete definitions for the purpose of school. For everyone, there is a different purpose of school. People may go to school just to hang out with their friends. But mainly, finding ourselves, learning new things, and having to use critical thinking are the purposes of school for most people in my community.

Jewel Yang is a 15-year-old from Taipei, Taiwan, who enjoys listening to music and eating chocolates.