“Language is the foundation of civilization. It’s the glue that holds the people together. It’s the first weapon to be drawn in time of war.”

The quote from arrival movie sums up the significant importance of language study. It’ crucial in every way. Language not only shapes just the way we communicate, but how we think, perceive reality, and construct our identities. Every language carries a unique worldview within—a distinct way of categorizing experience, expressing relationships, and shaping time itself. When we learn a new language, we don't simply acquire a new set of words; we gain access to an entirely different mode of being in the world.

The poor manner in which language is studied in our schools nowadays not only diminishes the outer world but also the insides. It’s studied for exams while it meant to be read, written, listened to and spoken. To be expressed. Yet, it has become a divorce from culture and identity resulting in shallow minded expressions. It’s become rigid.

By reducing language to rules and exercises, schools create students who can identify a past but can't write a compelling email. Who know the definition of a “metaphor" but can't wield one effectively. Who’ve read canonical texts but don't read for pleasure nor exploration. Who see language as a subject to endure rather than as the very medium through which they'll navigate their entire lives. Language taught poorly is language stripped of its power, its beauty, and its humanity. It becomes just another box to check rather than the foundation it truly is.

“It’s boring. Don’t you think?” We all had encountered this phrase if in fact hadn’t been yourself the one to say. And the “Meh” to follow is absolutely your right.
It was first when I heard the saying “In every job to be done, there’s an element of fun. Find the fun, the job is done.” And whooa. That made sense. The element of enthusiasm plays a major role in our absorption to different kins of knowledge. It’s dopamine. It’s flow. Now don’t get me wrong. Finding the fun doesn't mean making everything silly or easy. Games are fun precisely because they're challenging. They respect players enough to give them genuine problems to solve.
The fun isn't the sugar coating on the medicine. The fun is engagement. Is challenge. Is visible progress.The meaningful context.
Our schools nowadays separate learning from engagement, acting as if education must be unpleasant to be valuable. Difficult not challenging. We're not being serious. We're being foolish. And that mindset it reflected in day to day characters who make things harder at seam.

Students who say "it's boring" aren't lying. They're diagnosing a design failure. And gamification—done thoughtfully – offers a blueprint for redesigning learning around how humans actually work rather than how we imagine they should work.

I’ve read once that originally, schools were for the noble. They used to pay masters of professions and classes to teach them. In ancient world schools were meant to be willingly teaching. If student’s not attending, it meant that teaching has a problem. That shift had corrupted the contract of education. It turned the student from being a customer of a master to a captive of. Teachers face no immediate consequence if students are disengaged, confused, or actively hostile to learning. That turned the educational process to hostile environment. Rather than focusing on making content amusing and irresistible, systems focus on compliance mechanisms. Grades. Detention. Parental notification. Threats about future employment. The question shifts from "How do we make this so compelling they can't look away?" to "How do we force them to sit still and appear to pay attention?”

Students saying "it's boring" are offering critical feedback. In the ancient model, enough students saying this would end a teacher's career. Today, we've insulated ourselves from that feedback, dismissing student disengagement as laziness or poor character. And that have ruined almost everything.