Oh – and name someone who wouldn’t rather have fun than study, and I’ll show you someone who was no frickin’ fun! It is all a matter of priorities … as an undergrad and grad there were many times I’d rather have been getting wings and beer than in the lab …

Same here. That’s why one of my favourite subjects is history.
It’s not that I’m particularly interested in the past because I’m not, the reason I enjoy history is that, at least in my school, a large part of history is about forming coherent arguments, coming up with your own opinions on certain historical people and events and using knowledge effectively and appropriately. That’s the sort of stuff that I enjoy and am reasonably good at.

With the exception of maths, I absolutely loath subjects that are just about learning rules where you’re own knowledge and intellect is useless. That’s why I hate chemistry and languages so much. Chemestry is obscure and confusing and languages are just dull.

Together, we have a tendency to bring discussions completely off topic. We should be known as the off topic crew!

I agree with you mike. I often put games and other media in front of my homework, but I don’t really know if it has to do with me trying to abandon learning as much as homework is boring and tedious, and I’d much rather DO something than read and copy paragraphs in text books. And luckily I don’t have a Myspace, Facebook, or watch real world. God, I hate reality TV. But on the subject, I don’t think the media/internet is the problem, but it’s more of an open mindedness thing. My history teacher would use the term “sheeple” (I do pay attention in school ). When I do my homework, I’m usually spitting back factual knowlege. But when I’m on the internet (usually forums or IM) I usually discuss my opinions on different things. If school revolved more around thinking rather than knowing I think I’d be more interested.