So I just got done writing an essay, and of course I had a great time pondering over my computer, analyzing the evidence from a movie we watched. And although that is all great for the brain and setting me up perfectly for college, does homework inherently take away the possibility to enjoy the surrounding world?
It is becoming apparent to me that the amount of time consumed from school related activities dominates our lives as students. Coming home from an 8 hour day in a closed off building, I doubt many high schoolers are diving right into their homework (if you are kudos to you). Most probably take a nap or relax, get something to eat, and then begin to do work. But in the time during our lives where our brains are developing the most they ever will be, why are we sitting at our tables at home reading over articles we will forget about the next week, instead of spending time outside, in the nature? Now I'm sure some of us will surely gladly spend the time outside tomorrow, but on a daily basis, we truly lack the appreciation for the world surrounding us. We take things for granted everyday, the way the birds sing, the sound trees make when they sway, even the way the water flows down the drain. So maybe next time you're staying up till 1 in the morning writing an essay, take a break, go outside, and enjoy the beautiful world around us.
I totally agree. I think there is hypocrisy in this assignment even, that we are analyzing romantic poems that are telling us to stop analyzing them and go experience the world around us firsthand. Not that education is not important, but if indoor, logical, one perspective analysis is all we do, we are not taking advantage of the opportunities presented to us by the world by simply existing in it.
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