Your "instilling patriotism" sounds an awful lot like "political indoctrination." I'm sure you'd be right pissed if if some Berkeley liberal taught your kids, "The love of equality, personal rights (including abortion), moderation, collectivism, and tolerance."
In the words of Joe Friday, "Just the facts mam." Politics doesn't belong in schools.
I have often felt that if our system would drop many of the courses and curriculum I see as unnecessary we could have all the basics taught by grade 6. From there we could move on to teaching them more specific fields that are of interest to the child (much like collage). Instead we try a very broad approach to try and insure that a student has some knowledge in fields that child has no interest in pursuing and will likely never use.
Should our education system show what percentages of a population of an entire continent does not believe what is being written in history?
For example over 38% ...well over 1 out of 3 Americans polled do not believe the "official story" spoonfed to the public about 9/11 and subsequently written in history books.....will the over 38% of Americans who believe the "official story" is a lie be recognized in the history books?
How about in Canada where over 1/3 of Canadians polled think the U.S. concocted 9/11....will those numbers be in future history books?
How about well documented and verifyable quotes from many prominent people all over the world saying disturbing things about the U.S.
and how they believe the U.S. government concocted 9/11 just like the Nazi Political Party Concocted the fake attack on their own government building in Germany for many parallel reasons?
What would you drop? As I see it, most knowledge you learn has some practical reason its taught
Anymore, algebra and trig are basic math. First, trig is easy, there are only a few formulas to memorize and that is it. Basic Algebra, like the first year, is essential, and easy.I am talking the basics. Once the basics have been taught students could learn more in the field of their choice. Some that I would drop from basics (just to list a few).
Advanced mathmatics example, calculus, trigonometry, Algebra.
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Not many people use any of these subjects in there daily lives. If you want to enter a field that requires these, then they can be taught.
What sort of poll excludes the single most important answer from it's list of possibles? Not having read the thread, I have no idea if was suggested later or not. Any "education" that doesn't have teaching a good critical thinking process, is worthless.
I was thinking that critical thinking would fall under "important life skills" when I made the poll...
Assuming most schools are like mine, you only need 3 years of math, and usually nothing higher than algebra 2. Math is a very important skill in many jobs... more importantly, it teaches you to think critically and logicallyI am talking the basics. Once the basics have been taught students could learn more in the field of their choice. Some that I would drop from basics (just to list a few).
Advanced mathmatics example, calculus, trigonometry, Algebra.
With how obese kids are getting, anything to encourage them to exercise is a good thing. Besides, past 2 years of PE, these have always been voluntary at schools i went to.Sports programs
It's always been voluntary, again, and I don't see why it should be dropped.Music
I believe a certain amount of scientific literacy is very important in this day and age.Chemestry
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