Food For Thought #2: Studying VS Learning
8 hours a day, 180 days a year, from when you’re 6 until 21: that’s about 21,600 hours on average spent at school, in a lifetime. If we take commute, homework and other related obligations into consideration, you can easily add 15 000 hours which brings the total close to 40 000 hours, spread out across 15 years. It’s HUGE, and that’s only if you end your academic journey after a Bachelor’s degree. Now I’m asking you, is all of this worth it? Do we make the most out of our time at school? Do the current education systems efficiently prepare students for the “real life”? Does studying necessarily mean learning?
First of all, let’s have a look at the definitions Google gives us.
Studying: devoting time and attention to acquiring knowledge on an academic subject especially by means of books; investigate and analyse something in detail.
Learning: to acquire knowledge or a skill through study, experience or being taught; commit to memory; being aware of something by information or from observation.
Parents often push their kids to do well at school, do their homework, study for tests and get the best possible grades. In fact, the society as a whole gives a huge importance to academic success. If you get good grades, it basically means you’re smart and capable. Your friends look up to you, you have a…
