Yeah, sometimes that's true.  You know, a couple weeks ago with the cash me outside girl. I said she might not have much of a future. But anyone can change! You can be the worst student in high school and then after you graduate and you're outside of that system and you realize, "whoa, this is what life is?" BOOM! Maybe you can do something great, too, if you get your act together. And please, please, please, don't think that I'm saying if you fail in school, then you'll be okay in life. Because, really, the statistics are against you. If you are a complete "F student" in school, you probably lack the motivation to actually make something of your life. So... just keep that in mind. I don't know if that was too harsh, but, whatever, I said it. Number 3 reason why school is important: You need to learn to blindly follow authority! This is related to number one, the conformity factory, but in this case you've got to learn to say, "Hey, Mr. Vice Principal, Hey, Mr. Teacher, you know what you're talking about so I'll do whatever you say!" "Because you're in a position of power."

And that's what school is conditioning you for! It's to follow the rules no matter what.  Don't question anything, don't look at the man behind the curtain. Just get along with the people that are your rulers. Reason number 4 why school is important: If you don't learn this now, then you'll NEVER get a job! Yeah, if you don't learn all the details of the information that you're taught in school, then you're never going to get a job because every employer needs to know that you know when the Civil War was fought. That's a bad example because if you don't know when the Civil War was, then... what... what is wrong with you? My point is: employers do look at your grades and they do care somewhat what your GPA was and they care what you know. But at the end of the day, they care more about how you think and whether you're going to be able to perform the duties that you're assigned in this job. So your school academic career is only an indicator to them that you'll put forth the effort to learn what they have to teach you. 

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