Things that should be taught in all schools:
Manners - Common Sense ( If that can be taught )
"Basic Mathmatics" - Budgeting - House Keeping
Cooking - Gardening ( Especially for food ) - Hygene
English - Meditation - True/Honest History and Small Business Basics.
Not Religion ( Brain Washing ) nor advanced mathmatics which will never be used by 90% of the population or any other subjects that will seldom be used by the average person.
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kids need to know how to think more than what to think.
LeighShelton
Level 8
Dec 18, 2017
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history good and bad and in that history religion must be mentioned but not taught.
LeighShelton
Level 8
Dec 18, 2017
1
I think we desperately need to teach critical thinking skills. We need to teach youth to take a critical look at what advertisers are really selling. We need to teach children about credit, and how much something will actually cost based on interest rates and what they earn. I believe youth should be taught about all religions, not just those in the US but all over the world. Actually I want mandatory class for all high school students called skills you need in the real world. I also want year round school because in the real world there are no 3 month long summer vacations.
HippieChick58
Level 9
Dec 18, 2017
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The school curriculum should be tailored to the abilities of the students.
To teach trigonometry to a kid who barely can manage finding the 10% of U$S 100 is a waste. If the kid is a wiz in languages, science, geography....then, those disciplines are the ones to be enforced in his case, Ok, hold your horses. General culture is a plus and it should be in every child's curriculum but to emphasize on subjects the students lacks the ability for is ridiculous.
DUCHESSA
Level 8
Dec 18, 2017
1
I had the AP classes...and no way I was going to send to take said test a kid who wasn't prepared. The Principal new better.
You ask a lot of a school system controlled by the government. In recent decades the dumbing down of students has increased.
I can only speak about what is happening here in Canada. Public schools are not failing any students, not forcing to hand in assignments, all tests are marked a passing grade, and there are no scores kept for sports.
I agree with you, education should be about preparing and learning skills for life as an adult but that is not what is happening. Only the private schools get the best curriculum.
Betty
Level 8
Dec 18, 2017
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I was a HS teacher until recently. The dumbing down is a fact....but I don't care because the students are what really matter. See, I taught Spanish / Spanish Lit. and I told my students to select the chapters of "Don Quijote" that they found interesting. Some kids analyzed the way women were viewed (Grisóstomo y Marcela) by Cervantes, other kids wrote about the meaning of the windmills...and some presented papers on the humor expressed by the author. Guess what? No all the students read the Quijote that year; some selected novels where geography was the main character on the story....as it was history in others.
The best curriculum? Yes, the one you prepare for your kids...acfcording to their abilities.
Some good suggestions-how about carpentry/home repairs?
sassygirl3869
Level 9
Dec 18, 2017
2
Indeed....but you will encounter parents that are against such classes because are "not college oriented". Another thing. The kids shouldn't have every day the same classes.Yes, can be done.
One more, languages -three- should be taught since kinder.
@SamL...Don't misunderstand me. I agree with teaching those subjects...starting in HS....the parents are the ones who tells you "No need for home repairs, languages, money management...those classes are not pf any importance to become a doctor / lawyer / teacher."
The classes you suggest fit perfectly with my comment few moments ago: Students' curriculum should be tailored to the kids' abilities and likes.
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