Originally Posted by
RAWWRH
I never said they should have complete choice in everything. Just the current amount of choice is very very shit. "Decent human being" is a bit too opinionated to be put into action. We are (supposedly) taught social skills and norms through the hidden curriculum. So that's already applied. What do you mean by decent human being?
Let me elaborate. In order to become a decent human being in my life you should be able to provide something useful to society. If you do not have some of the basic skills in order to function in the real world, then you aren't useful to society (unless you consider smoking blow and partying useful).
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Originally Posted by
raaage
You are so right, schools need to stop assuming that students don't know where they want to head in life and support them in learning whatever interests them.
Are you kidding?
It's that sort of attitude that has students sitting through shitty classes, learning absolutely nothing when they could be doing something useful with their time(even if it is something stupid like art class or drama, it's better than sleeping through classes)
Saying that a class is shitty is something that is entirely opinionated. Each of the standards classes such as history or mathematics are entirely necessary. Mathematics enforces problem solving and history provides information on past societies and events that you as a citizen should know. If you didn't pay attention in math society should not compensate for your lack of interest in standard classes by giving you alternatives. They should instead provide a real incentive for excelling in those classes. Schools lack a real incentive for getting good grades (minus the fact that GPA matters when it comes to applying for colleges, but a lot of students disregard this). This should become a priority for schools, not giving students alternatives that they prefer. Note: I am not saying we get rid of electives. Some choice is needed.
Last edited by Valterain; Jun 17, 2015 at 05:22 AM.
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