How Much and What Are Students Takeing Away?

As I was reading Mr. Fisch's blogg "Our Seinors Last Lecture" I really started to think about what am I getting from what I am doing in class? This is challangeing my thinking by makeing me stop and try to figure out what I am takeing away and why this is important for me to learn. This helps me learn that even though I think some of the asingments may not be very important there is always a reason behind them. This matters to me beacuse I am at the age where I am not sure that everything has a purpose and that some assignments are just a waste of time but this makes me think that it is not just a waste of time and that we really need to learn what we are being taught. I can reate to this because when the school year is comeing to a close I really do not want to do much work much less take very much away from it. I can relate this to the world around me because I know that most students really look forward to the summer and that is what they are thinking about it the last semster not school work wich makes them not do as well on there work and not concentrate as much or as well. This has changed my thinking because it has made me realize that there is a point behind everything that we do and because it has shown me that there are many different things that students can take away from the same piece of information. This makes me wonder if all teachers should have there studnets share what they have learned and if they did that if other students would learn form that.