passion over policing
Inspired by The Jotter Nook's This ugly, ugly perfectionism; when ugly is okay.
On one hand, I remember a teacher forcing me to stop self-started creative work during school. It supposedly distracted from a lesson that I've long since forgotten.
On the other hand, I remember another teacher showcasing a different self-started creative work of mine to the class. I don't remember my work being remarkable. However, I carry that memory with me because of how charitable that teacher was to my creative deviance.
I forgot the curriculum but haven't yet forgotten these juxtaposed formative events.
Scolding students who try their best to chase their passions prematurely burns them out. If schools brand that as an unacceptable distraction, students must feel miserable.
What's the need for academic perfection anyhow? Many schools handhold students into illusory views of life and adulthood. Then, when students graduate, the rug gets pulled out from underneath their feet.
Are schools doing students justice?
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