128shot
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Lets throw BS politics out the window for a minute or two. (I know, its hard, but we can do it)
I've been mulling, and thinking, I've a thread on this before, but my view has changed dramatically since then.
There are 2 things I want to address in our current average classroom.
The relevancy of what we teach,
and our average standards.
Honestly, I know already, that the USA's public school system is geared toward the lowsest person on average, I think personally we should be gearted toward the highest
I wouldn't mind encouraging self-education, but thats another subject.
Now, I've heard all the arguements before, "OH! kids will fail if you put the stresses to hard" I disagree.
All this means is more work, its not going to kill kids. The time between 3-30 is when we learn the most, why are we not trying to educate our kids to be all they can be academically?
Now, I'll address my second point.
the relevancy of what we teach is faulty. Take for example, the rise of spanish speaking immigrants in our own country, should we not be learning to be bi-lingual from the early beginnings? Now, lets take another look.
We aren't learning any new vocational skills for on the job either!
I think I've made this long enough, I'll stop before I rant too much.
Now I wait for someone to point out some spelling errors, and I laugh...
I've been mulling, and thinking, I've a thread on this before, but my view has changed dramatically since then.
There are 2 things I want to address in our current average classroom.
The relevancy of what we teach,
and our average standards.
Honestly, I know already, that the USA's public school system is geared toward the lowsest person on average, I think personally we should be gearted toward the highest
I wouldn't mind encouraging self-education, but thats another subject.
Now, I've heard all the arguements before, "OH! kids will fail if you put the stresses to hard" I disagree.
All this means is more work, its not going to kill kids. The time between 3-30 is when we learn the most, why are we not trying to educate our kids to be all they can be academically?
Now, I'll address my second point.
the relevancy of what we teach is faulty. Take for example, the rise of spanish speaking immigrants in our own country, should we not be learning to be bi-lingual from the early beginnings? Now, lets take another look.
We aren't learning any new vocational skills for on the job either!
I think I've made this long enough, I'll stop before I rant too much.
Now I wait for someone to point out some spelling errors, and I laugh...