Public schools should change.

[-SD-]

look up, this is for u too

Different subject matter provides different methods and patterns for the brain to expand and diversify it's thought processes, in addition to the importance to knowledge of the subject matter itself. These subjects are not simply taught because someone wants you to know how to spell cat, or memorize the date of the Gettysburg Address, or learn 2+2=4, or know that plants intake CO2.

 

[UA_Iron]

I'm amazed at how little understanding people have of basic physical concepts, let alone math. But thats easy to say when 99% of your classes deal with those two subjects in a very complicated manner.

I was thinking it would be cool to teach high school physics.


More emphasis on English is needed. Partly due to the fact that barely anyone reads books anymore.

 

[HiDnGoD]

More emphasis on English is needed. Partly due to the fact that barely anyone reads books anymore.

I agree with you here. I'm not really well educated when it comes to things like Shakespeare. I know that's not entirely relevant, but I was reading an article the other day about how literate people are today. The point was that even the lower educated people at the turn of the last century still had knowledge of these stories & others, like Homer, & the Greek philosophers. The reason given was, before entertainment became such a huge industry people were forced to aquaint themselves with these stories. Then when other forms of entertainment arrived, they lost interest in having to read, & even think about what they were reading. Today's internet society is even worse because we spend so much time on these boards & surfing for instant news, that we don't have the patience to actual think about the moral of a story.

 

[jestros]

i agree a general understanding of the world and countries history is necessary, but the in depth stress put on it in highschool is REDICULOUS.

i also find ur response to SVtroy about panties out of his ass a bit immature and unecessary...

reguardless, a mathematician or doctor does not need to have an in depth understanding/memorization of history... historians do...politicians do...lawyers do (to an extent)....

if u can think of a good reason for a doctor to to know history (not of medicine, but lets say european history) i will apologize for calling you a fucking idiot.

ya fucking idiot

I can see you are still upset I called you a pussy for crying about your bloody nose.
Anyway, it isn't necessarily about the practical application a knowledge of history gives you, but it makes you a better human being. If it was up to me I would make people take more history, more art, music and things that most people complain about as being "useless".
BTW, I hated history in high school. But in colllege, the professors were much better teachers, they talked more about the interesting (dirt) type stuff.
And now I read books about history, ON MY OWN, with no one making me.

 

[jestros]

I have been out of school for more than a decade, I have a degree and I am working on another. I don't use any of the stuff I learned in history in every day life. I gaduated with a 3.4 (not that great, but not that bad). As you can see. English is not one of my strong points, Math is my favorite, that may have alot to do with why I am a Designer and not an English Teacher.

In HS the number #1 complaint was always "why do I have to take math, it's not going to help me in the real world". It just goes to show teenagers don't always know whats good for them. I'm a graphic designer as well. I just read a history book called "Picasso's War". It's about Guernika and the historical context it was painted in. Very interesting.

 

[SVT-TROY]

In HS the number #1 complaint was always "why do I have to take math, it's not going to help me in the real world". It just goes to show teenagers don't always know whats good for them. I'm a graphic designer as well. I just read a history book called "Picasso's War". It's about Guernika and the historical context it was painted in. Very interesting.

How long have you been a Graphic Designer and how well is it working for you? I was doing Electrical Design for a fire protection company, but now I am attending school again to get a degree in Vehicle Design (what I've been wanting to do for a while). I'm hoping that Michigan's technical jobs bounce back soon, if not; time to move.