Independence of mind

We go to school to build ourselves as people, learn to be unique, to become knowledgable for the world ahead of us. Unlike most people my age, I actually enjoy going to school, apart from a groggy morning which is very systematically: coffee, clothes, teeth, breakfast, out the house.

A couple of months ago, I was revising for my exams, and a recommendation from teachers was to look at the mark schemes from past papers and see exactly what the examiners want to see. I did this, and I began to wonder, whilst practicing for these exams, how wrong this must be. If I was to put an answer down on the paper, clearly showing the right answer, I still wouldn't get the mark. Because it is not what examiners want to hear.

Does that not mean we are doctorined to learn and believe things in a certain way? Where is the freedom of mind? That is why I do extra reading.

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