If you could control education in the US...

BeerMoney · #1 02-07-2005, 12:53 PM

Obviously our education system sucks for the most part...

If you were in control of everything, what changes would you make? (Other than an extra half hour for recess!)

Paluka · #2 02-07-2005, 12:57 PM

Seems unlikely that anyone on this forum has done the necessary research to answer this question at all intelligently.

Patrick del Poker Grande · #3 02-07-2005, 12:58 PM

What's the over/under on smart-ass replies such as hands-on sex ed and optional attendance?

jakethebake · #4 02-07-2005, 12:59 PM

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Obviously our education system sucks for the most part... If you were in control of everything, what changes would you make? (Other than an extra half hour for recess!)

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I'm voting for political forum on this one.

But if I could control it, the thing I would do is take control of it away from the govt. Govt education is nothing more than a wonderfully efficient brainwashing machine.

Everyone will not sit quietly at attention and listen to the appointed government representative at the front of the room...

If all the government was interested in was universal education, they would simply issue vouchers to everyone to go to private schools so that obviously isn't the only purpose.

BeerMoney · #5 02-07-2005, 12:59 PM

Actually, the fact that most people have attended public schools in the US for 12 years, and will also have children who will attend these same schools gives people a lot of information and passion about the issue.

Paluka · #6 02-07-2005, 01:02 PM

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Actually, the fact that most people have attended public schools in the US for 12 years, and will also have children who will attend these same schools gives people a lot of information and passion about the issue.

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If this was what required to know how to fix education it would be fixed already.

istewart · #7 02-07-2005, 01:04 PM

No AA. Period.

elwoodblues · #8 02-07-2005, 01:05 PM

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Obviously our education system sucks for the most part...

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How is this obvious?

BeerMoney · #9 02-07-2005, 01:06 PM

OK, so people can't have opinions on things unless they are part of the machine that they are discussing?

No one's saying we're gonna have all the answers, but things totally suck the way they are right now.

Duke · #10 02-07-2005, 01:07 PM

I wouldn't have kids study arithmetic for 8 years. If you don't "get it" after 2 then you'll never be much good at it anyhow.

I'd change it from brainwashing kids to being mindless citizens to actually teaching them something.

Anyone who said that they wanted to either be a lawyer or a salesman would be expelled.

I'd basically change it from a "how to interact with society" training ground to an actual institution of learning.

~D