Public schools should change.

[SVT-TROY]

Jr. High and High school should only teach math and english (fuck history, it's only good for trivia games) and they should start implimenting a college type feel, where the students takes classes that prepare them for a career. They don't need Phys ED., don't need science, don't need Home Economics, don't need geography (buy a map), unless these classes are picked by the student because of their career goals. Sex ED is questionable.

 

[JayC9]

Jr. High and High school should only teach math and english (fuck history, it's only good for trivia games) and they should start implimenting a college type feel, where the student takes classes that prepare them for a career. They don't need Phys ED., don't need science, don't need Home Economics, don't need geography (buy a map), unless these classes are picked by the student because of their career goals. Sex ED is questionable.

What do you mean by 'public school'?

Public school to me means an expensive education where you're parents, unless you're on a scholarship must fork out thousands.

Community school means you're in with every other Dick, Tom and Harry.

 

[SVT-TROY]

What do you mean by 'public school'?

Public school to me means an expensive education where you're parents, unless you're on a scholarship must fork out thousands.

Community school means you're in with every other Dick, Tom and Harry.

I call that a private school. I consider public and community the same thing.

 

[JayC9]

I call that a private school. I consider public and community the same thing.

It must be a US thing.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Jr. High and High school should only teach math and english (fuck history, it's only good for trivia games) and they should start implimenting a college type feel, where the students takes classes that prepare them for a career. They don't need Phys ED., don't need science, don't need Home Economics, don't need geography (buy a map), unless these classes are picked by the student because of their career goals. Sex ED is questionable.

Kids in Jr. High & High School are still very impressionable. I think they should make a lot of peripheral courses optional, but I think the Core should be English, Science, Math, Phys Ed, & Home Ec. Home Ec should also focus more on stuff like managing a home, bills, mortgages, responsibilities, etc.
True Sexual Education should also be mandatory in High School, & it should deal with relationships & gender perspectives, not just physical love.
People change careers all the time. To eliminate a core field, when people are so young, will eliminate options when they are older. Besides, who knows what they want to be, at 14, or even 17 yrs old?

 

[bullett]

Jr. High and High school should only teach math and english (fuck history, it's only good for trivia games) and they should start implimenting a college type feel, where the students takes classes that prepare them for a career. They don't need Phys ED., don't need science, don't need Home Economics, don't need geography (buy a map), unless these classes are picked by the student because of their career goals. Sex ED is questionable.

And...based on this message, they should focus a little more on spelling...

along that line, I called 411 yesterday and asked for the number to Carolina Acceleration.....the girl looked for awhile, then came back on and said there was no number for that....then she asked if I spelled Acceleration...E-X-C-E-L-L....anyway, you get the point. I asked her how in the hell she got that job.....blows my mind...

You ever notice how at McDonalds, etc...if the register is not working, how they cannot figure change ??? Unbelievable that they can't even add or subtract.....not to mention speak correctly...these people would be illiterate as based on a test from 1955....

 

[jestros]

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

 

[Mr. dB]

Jr. High and High school should only teach math and english (fuck history, it's only good for trivia games) and they should start implimenting a college type feel, where the students takes classes that prepare them for a career. They don't need Phys ED., don't need science, don't need Home Economics, don't need geography (buy a map), unless these classes are picked by the student because of their career goals. Sex ED is questionable.

I disagree. A child should emerge from their education not only able to survive college, but also with a foundation of general information.

I don't recall Geography being taught as a separate class.

Students with no science background will not be prepared for college at all.

 

[SVT-TROY]

I disagree. A child should emerge from their education not only able to survive college, but also with a foundation of general information.

I don't recall Geography being taught as a separate class.

Students with no science background will not be prepared for college at all.

Geography was one of my classes in junior high. 8th grade.

 

[SVT-TROY]

And...based on this message, they should focus a little more on spelling...

along that line, I called 411 yesterday and asked for the number to Carolina Acceleration.....the girl looked for awhile, then came back on and said there was no number for that....then she asked if I spelled Acceleration...E-X-C-E-L-L....anyway, you get the point. I asked her how in the hell she got that job.....blows my mind...

You ever notice how at McDonalds, etc...if the register is not working, how they cannot figure change ??? Unbelievable that they can't even add or subtract.....not to mention speak correctly...these people would be illiterate as based on a test from 1955....

Wow, you found one error (implimenting instead of implementing) oops. There is no real need for me to have correct grammar or spelling when on these boards, if I were writing a letter to my boss or co-workers then yes I would need to be professional. Conversing on a chat site or writing a letter to my family or friends, who cares.