Its plenty useful, but there is a lot of things that school teaches that aren't relevant to anything later in life, and they could be teaching other important skills in place of it
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Well no, not exactly. High school gives students the foundations for a range of careers and areas of interest. Not every topic will ultimately be useful to each student, but they still need to be taught for the students who follow those paths. However, I do think that high schools should also be teaching more practical life skills in addition to the academic subjects.
I can't site my source but studies have shown that with the amount of homework (studies said no more than 2 hours of hw I believe) that we might be lacking in social skills and development that can only really happen in the outside world.
Well around highschool they are teaching you to pick what you want to do with your life, so maybe then they let you drop the ones that won't be useful instead of just adding classes and more work of stuff you won't need. Like, will I need Chemistry if I'm a designer or Geometry if I'm an English Major ?
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The thing is, you don't really know what you want to do in high school. Very few people actually have the career that they think they wanted at that time. If schools allowed students to drop all the courses they thought were useless, they'd end up needing to take lots of additional courses after graduation just to start their careers. It's doable, but a pain.
I also agree that homework is over-emphasized. Relaxation time is actually an important part of learning because it allows the brain to process information without stress.
I agree, school is useful at times.
And then at other times, I think "great. I don't know how to balance a checkbook buT AT LEAST I KNOW THE FUCKING PYTHAGRIAM THEOREM."
I think some of the most important things you learn in school are the parts they don't actually teach you or test you on. Things like social skills, hard work, persistence, and dealing with peers and authorities you don't like. That's why I am personally opposed to skipping grades and to homeschooling, generally speaking.
I respect your opinion and understand it entirely, and I am not trying to change it. Ok?
I am a homeschooler, and have been my entire life. Well, you see, many places have homeschool groups, where we can gather and meet others who homeschool their kids and the kids can play with other people. In the group I'm part of, we meet at least once a week at a park, and almost always there's a smaller event (bowling or a movie, for example) the same week too. Sometimes there's a thing every day for people to participate in.
Social skills? We got it covered, though it may not seem like it, and I can't speak for all of us.
Hard work? We work just as hard as a public school student, with experiments, reports, research, and generally the same things, merely with a more flexible schedule.
As for the other two, I can't speak for them, and it's not like I need to.
Again, I respect your opinion about homeschooling and have nothing AT ALL against it, just trying to give facts. Have a wonderful day!
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That's why I am such a strong supporter of play-based learning and emergent curriculum for young children. In that model, educators provide fun learning experiences based on what the children enjoy, how they learn, and what they need to know next. I'd love to see emergent curriculum adapted for older students. Maybe an inquiry-based model?
And some kids, like myself, like learning by themselves and don't do so well with groups and making presentations. It sucks if you have a kick ass paper but lose a lot of points by not reading it well out loud because you have stage fright or anxiety
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It would take a lot of work, time, and money to completely revamp the educational system. Personally, I think it would be worth it, but the politicians are the ones who make those decisions.
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Guest, I'm sorry to say that those presentation skills really are necessary to develop.
I also agree that homework is over-emphasized. Relaxation time is actually an important part of learning because it allows the brain to process information without stress.
And then at other times, I think "great. I don't know how to balance a checkbook buT AT LEAST I KNOW THE FUCKING PYTHAGRIAM THEOREM."
I am a homeschooler, and have been my entire life. Well, you see, many places have homeschool groups, where we can gather and meet others who homeschool their kids and the kids can play with other people. In the group I'm part of, we meet at least once a week at a park, and almost always there's a smaller event (bowling or a movie, for example) the same week too. Sometimes there's a thing every day for people to participate in.
Social skills? We got it covered, though it may not seem like it, and I can't speak for all of us.
Hard work? We work just as hard as a public school student, with experiments, reports, research, and generally the same things, merely with a more flexible schedule.
As for the other two, I can't speak for them, and it's not like I need to.
Again, I respect your opinion about homeschooling and have nothing AT ALL against it, just trying to give facts. Have a wonderful day!
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Guest, I'm sorry to say that those presentation skills really are necessary to develop.