Why the hell do i study if Chinese or Japanese is going to replace me?

[Kou Kinkaide]

I was thinking minutes ago..

Why do i continue to study because by the time i'm a grown up, Mexico will be more sunken and the USA will stop being such a super power, I mean a Chinese study can be better than me x50 times and besides, i'm not a genius when it comes to studing..

Well, i'm always shy of all those damn super intelligent kids, god makes us all the same yet we can't match them even if we make our eyes bleed when it comes to study.

[Wanted]

You study so you can get a JOB. If you don't have confidence in yourself, or in that fact, then there's really nothing I can tell you.

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[straw_hat]

Don't worry we'll all be replaced by robots sooner or later.

[Temple Fugate]

Studying gets you into college.
College degrees get you a job.
Jobs give you money.
Money gives you food.
You need food.
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Ergo: You need to study.

If you're pessimistic, you can find ways to convince yourself out of any undesirable situation. Fact is, you will sometimes need to do things you don't feel like you need to do in order to live a full and satisfactory life. If you don't study because you're afraid of someone better than you taking your job, it's going to happen. But if you use that paranoia as incentive, then when the time comes where your resumé is competing with that of another qualified person, you've got a much better chance of getting the job instead of him/her.

Also, deciding the course of your entire life based on a half-baked idea of what's going to happen to the world 25 years from now is a terrible method. Look at our parents. They grew up worrying that the planet was going to be irradiated by nuclear holocaust, and they still didn't give up. I rest my case.

[Brandon Pierce]

I think a better question would have been, "Why do they make us study foreign languages, but never make any foreign exchange students learn English?"

[Stardust]

There's nothing wrong with studying another language. Studies show that learning a new language helps exercise the same part of your brain that also controls arts and music. Heck, learning something new helps use some unused part of your brain that helps exercise your brain.

Besides, learning a new language helps you become a little more marketable when you search for a job. Employers like bi-linguals, especially in the customer service/human resources branches. And the political/diplomatic arena, too.

[Jave]

I think a better question would have been, "Why do they make us study foreign languages, but never make any foreign exchange students learn English?"Never?

I guess it's because the vast mayority of exchange students already know english beforehand.

[Brandon Pierce]

There's nothing wrong with studying another language. Studies show that learning a new language helps exercise the same part of your brain that also controls arts and music. Heck, learning something new helps use some unused part of your brain that helps exercise your brain.

Besides, learning a new language helps you become a little more marketable when you search for a job. Employers like bi-linguals, especially in the customer service/human resources branches. And the political/diplomatic arena, too.
Well, it isn't a bad thing. I worded it wrong. Besides, everything you just said, goes only for Americans, not necessarily foreigners.

Never?

I guess it's because the vast mayority of exchange students already know english beforehand.
True. But there are others who don't know english, but are never taught it. People say it's too hard to teach them, well I found Spanish freaking hard.

[Captain Highwind]

True. But there are others who don't know english, but are never taught it. People say it's too hard to teach them, well I found Spanish freaking hard.

While learning a foreign language is hard, supposedly learning English is much harder because it requires more to remember concerning grammar and sentence structure. Or at least that's what they kept telling us in high school. Frankly, I think teachers were just saying that so we'd have no reason to complain about studying another language. :shrug:

Although I did hear through a couple pen pals that English language tests are pretty rough in France.

[Brandon Pierce]

Although I did hear through a couple pen pals that English tests are pretty rough in France.

"I would like to buy a derburger!"

Sorry, I had to post that.

[Kou Kinkaide]

Well, i really don't know what the hell to study seriously....

my dad tells me to study electronics (since my entire family studied that)

but i don't like it, but something tells me i will like it =O

[Drachentöter]

You sound young. Ish. Worry about family, friendship, and your interests, like Toonzone, I suppose. Yes, do well in school, but don't do well for your father or the pressure to be perfect.

Why do we study?

To enrich ourselves. Yes, there's the practical answer. If you don't do well in school, well...adult life is going to be that much harder. But there are several paths to any goal. Do well in your classes, but when you get to pick which to take and which activities to participate, pick ones that you can be entirely devoted to and which will make you a more interesting and complete person. How could would it be if you're the only person in a room who can recite dates in Japanese history? (Poor example.)

Basically, study for yourself. No one and nothing else.