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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Maybe with young children, but one of the things I always found depressing about school is that I was forced to spend a lot of time working on subjects I seemed to have zero ability at (art & music). Obviously it's probably not a good idea to let people specialise completely at the age of three, but likewise it's frustrating to have your time wasted endlessly trying to get you up to some mythical "equal" level with everyone else when that's not really going to happen. Of course this is not to deny the importance of basic literacy and numeracy skills.
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I enjoyed the subjects I was less good at at school, I didn't find it particularly frustrating that others were better than me. In one way it seemed almost fair to me because they (at primary school anyway) weren't better than me at much else (academically). I also didn't really find it frustrating and it seems odd to me that you would think you did, is it
that frustrating that your pictures don't turn out as well as some of the other kids'? In that situation I can't see anything unsatisfactory with just trying your best (however good that may be). Maybe it was different at your school but the teacher's didn't mind as long as we tried and it never really felt like a waste of time. If anything the areas in which you are worse at are more important than the ones you are weak in. What's the point of sitting in a 2 hour maths lesson when you could have answered any question relevant to it after the first 10 minutes and you have to sit around waiting for the teacher to explain it to the slow kids? I'd rather do some bad paintings or bang tunelessly on a cow bell.