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Topic	Why do people want "life lessons" to be taught in HS?
WTGHookshot 05/03/18 3:05:23 PM #19:	knuxnole posted... Sativa_Rose posted... Turbam posted... Aside from Algebra, Middle School is a waste too. Elementary seems to be the only one worth anything This was the opposite for me... the higher the grade level, the more useful it was. Kindergarten was by far the biggest waste of time of my life, and I actually did learn a lot in HS. Also, TC is a moron if he thinks math, English, and science are useless. The US has now fallen behind Poland in terms of average scores in these areas, by the way, even though we still have over 4x the median income. The idea that people think that American students need to learn even less of that stuff is terrifying. The real problem with American schools is that the standards are too low. Algebra and geometry? Useless Biology and chemistry? Useless Earth science? What? English? Reading boring novels? Vocal words no one uses. Dont get me started on history. Old wars, and foreign countries? Government? I hope you realize the reason they have these classes (other than to teach you) is to expose you to these ideas to help you choose your future careers. Maybe you didn't like "reading boring novels" but some kid did and now maybe is an author or a journalist or a book critic because they were exposed to that. Earth science? Some kid was exposed to it and became a geologist or a environmental scientist because of having an interest in that stuff. Biology, chemistry? Maybe those are useless to you, but I bet the doctor who treats you when you get sick doesn't think they are useless. And you know what probably led them to become a doctor or a pharmacist or a biomolecular engineer? Taking biology and chemistry and realizing they liked those things. What do you do for a living, if you don't mind me asking? What made you want to do that? <cite>WTGHookshot posted [p:900742076] in Why do peo... [t:76575550]...</cite> <quote><cite>knuxnole posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Turbam posted...</cite> <quote>Aside from Algebra, Middle School is a waste too. Elementary seems to be the only one worth anything</quote> This was the opposite for me... the higher the grade level, the more useful it was. Kindergarten was by far the biggest waste of time of my life, and I actually did learn a lot in HS. Also, TC is a moron if he thinks math, English, and science are useless. The US has now fallen behind Poland in terms of average scores in these areas, by the way, even though we still have over 4x the median income. The idea that people think that American students need to learn even less of that stuff is terrifying. The real problem with American schools is that the standards are too low.</quote> Algebra and geometry? Useless Biology and chemistry? Useless Earth science? What? English? Reading boring novels? Vocal words no one uses. Dont get me started on history. Old wars, and foreign countries? Government?</quote> I hope you realize the reason they have these classes (other than to teach you) is to expose you to these ideas to help you choose your future careers. Maybe you didn't like "reading boring novels" but some kid did and now maybe is an author or a journalist or a book critic because they were exposed to that. Earth science? Some kid was exposed to it and became a geologist or a environmental scientist because of having an interest in that stuff. Biology, chemistry? Maybe those are useless to you, but I bet the doctor who treats you when you get sick doesn't think they are useless. And you know what probably led them to become a doctor or a pharmacist or a biomolecular engineer? Taking biology and chemistry and realizing they liked those things. What do you do for a living, if you don't mind me asking? What made you want to do that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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