Originally Posted by WeooWeoo
Lol. Such a Pathetic Child.
I agree, I wish mandatory classes would teach better things for life, like say, how to pay taxes, or how to pay for a house. There are some classes for that, but aren't very well known in High School.
Why does it have to be a mandatory class? There are people who want to take the class, and those who don't. Some people may already know how to pay taxes and take care of a child. So what's the point of forcing it on students, even though some of them might not be interested in the class. An alternative would be to provide it as an elective.
Valterain1 was defeated by hermaphrodite on Oct 17, 2015.
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America's problems through their education system is that its a bureaucratic system. It lacks personality and preference. You only get "choices" around high school level, and even then it is limited. Over all the public school system is repetitive and boring.
They make standards everyone has to meet, with the exception of special needs children, and if you don't meet there standards there is something wrong with you. Nothing wrong with the educational system, you are the problem. So they hammer the information into you more and more until you meet there standards. Which really is only set so they can get a letter grade (Schools are graded too, mine was given a "C" and the state required that teachers verbally tell you what you should be learning on that day. Kinda makes me feel like the state is calling us stupid.) and make more tax money.
But then, as I've seen happen to countless people, those standards you had to meet become useless. In one way or another. Because once you pick your profession, you focus on the requirements for that profession. So really it boils down to the fact that school prior to college is used for the slight chance that you will get some information you will use in your multitude of jobs or whatever. The most useful part of schools are probably the hidden curriculum, but even that is rather bias.
My point
Schools shouldn't have all these standards for learning. We need more choices that will better fit the requirement for the profession we want. "But wait, what if I change my mind?" Do what everyone else does and change your classes?
What should schools be teaching? What you and an individual want to learn. We need a larger choice system in our school systems. Because, as of right now, what I want to do with my life and a profession, my school teaches the bare basics if even that. I signed of for "Advance computer Technology" and got "Fucking around in google docs for 18 weeks." So many spreadsheets....
America's problems through their education system is that its a bureaucratic system. It lacks personality and preference. You only get "choices" around high school level, and even then it is limited. Over all the public school system is repetitive and boring.
They make standards everyone has to meet, with the exception of special needs children, and if you don't meet there standards there is something wrong with you. Nothing wrong with the educational system, you are the problem. So they hammer the information into you more and more until you meet there standards. Which really is only set so they can get a letter grade (Schools are graded too, mine was given a "C" and the state required that teachers verbally tell you what you should be learning on that day. Kinda makes me feel like the state is calling us stupid.) and make more tax money.
But then, as I've seen happen to countless people, those standards you had to meet become useless. In one way or another. Because once you pick your profession, you focus on the requirements for that profession. So really it boils down to the fact that school prior to college is used for the slight chance that you will get some information you will use in your multitude of jobs or whatever. The most useful part of schools are probably the hidden curriculum, but even that is rather bias.
My point
Schools shouldn't have all these standards for learning. We need more choices that will better fit the requirement for the profession we want. "But wait, what if I change my mind?" Do what everyone else does and change your classes?
What should schools be teaching? What you and an individual want to learn. We need a larger choice system in our school systems. Because, as of right now, what I want to do with my life and a profession, my school teaches the bare basics if even that. I signed of for "Advance computer Technology" and got "Fucking around in google docs for 18 weeks." So many spreadsheets....
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Originally Posted by RAWWRH
Off-topic(ish)
What should schools be teaching? What you and an individual want to learn. We need a larger choice system in our school systems. Because, as of right now, what I want to do with my life and a profession, my school teaches the bare basics if even that. I signed of for "Advance computer Technology" and got "Fucking around in google docs for 18 weeks." So many spreadsheets....
Giving people too much choice in what they want to learn instead of what they should learn isn't the way to go. It's not about choice, it's about getting the knowledge required to become a decent human being. We just need to provide more elective classes in middle school and high school that cater to the students needs. And I will agree, all computer related classes are piss poor. "Let's program in basic JavaScript for 4 weeks"
Valterain1 was defeated by hermaphrodite on Oct 17, 2015.
Originally Posted by Valterain1
Giving people too much choice in what they want to learn instead of what they should learn isn't the way to go. It's not about choice, it's about getting the knowledge required to become a decent human being. We just need to provide more elective classes in middle school and high school that cater to the students needs. And I will agree, all computer related classes are piss poor. "Let's program in basic JavaScript for 4 weeks"
I never said they should have complete choice in everything. Just the current amount of choice is very very shit. "Decent human being" is a bit too opinionated to be put into action. We are (supposedly) taught social skills and norms through the hidden curriculum. So that's already applied. What do you mean by decent human being?
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Originally Posted by Valterain1
Why does it have to be a mandatory class? There are people who want to take the class, and those who don't. Some people may already know how to pay taxes and take care of a child. So what's the point of forcing it on students, even though some of them might not be interested in the class. An alternative would be to provide it as an elective.
Most teenagers don't know how to pay taxes, and sure as hell don't know how to care for a child. If they already know, great! It's just extra practice. Why do some people excel in some classes? Because they understand it better than some. Some (meaning most) won't know how to do these things.
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