No, most people just seek out even more useless information. For instance: anything about any celebrity, any sports stats (unless it is directly related to your job), music lyrics (unless you are a musician and it is your song), or whatever else passes for information these days. If you have ever actually watched the show, there are questions involving how to construct a proper sentence, how to solve basic math problems, and basic history. Unfortunately, there are too many adults that are less generally useful to society than a bunch of schoolchildren.
I think many people, probably even those involved in education themselves, misunderstand the purpose of education.
Maths teaches you to think logically. It doesn't matter if you forgot all your formulas if you learned to solve problems in a logical way.
Science teaches you how the world works.
History teaches you how people and societies work.
Exams shouldn't be used as a tool to measure people. It is an opportunity for young people to apply themselves to a challenge where they learn to apply what they know to a certain task (the exam), get feedback (their grades), and can then use that feedback to refine their strategies for the next exam. In other words, learning how to learn. Because whatever path you choose in life you'll need to learn the specifics involved, to observe what went wrong (or could have gone better) and refine it the next time you undertake a similar task.
"Exams shouldn't be used as a tool to measure people."
That whole last paragraph seemed contradictory. Not to mention that's how most people function in a school setting, naturally.
Not that anyone would know that if all they listened to were whinging internet teens.
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· 8 years ago
This makes me feel a little better about myself, thank you.
"Useless" information is sometime called culture or general knowledge. It help shape who we are and our opinions. It teaches us about the mistakes of our ancestors as well as their good shots. This is probably the one thing not taught enough in school.
1.) I am a piece of shit
2.) everyone else is a piece of shit
3.) mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Maths teaches you to think logically. It doesn't matter if you forgot all your formulas if you learned to solve problems in a logical way.
Science teaches you how the world works.
History teaches you how people and societies work.
Exams shouldn't be used as a tool to measure people. It is an opportunity for young people to apply themselves to a challenge where they learn to apply what they know to a certain task (the exam), get feedback (their grades), and can then use that feedback to refine their strategies for the next exam. In other words, learning how to learn. Because whatever path you choose in life you'll need to learn the specifics involved, to observe what went wrong (or could have gone better) and refine it the next time you undertake a similar task.
That whole last paragraph seemed contradictory. Not to mention that's how most people function in a school setting, naturally.
Not that anyone would know that if all they listened to were whinging internet teens.