Why bother with school then? Why not get rid of all truancy laws and child labor laws? Surely, if this is the case, then we can just send the troublemakers to factories or to retail shops.JohnG@lt wrote:
I just know that it's pointless. Most people don't learn a damn thing in school and the ones that do wouldn't limit themselves to whatever basic crap is taught in those classes anyway.Turquoise wrote:
I don't think teaching cooking, economics, and civics are shoehorning anyone anymore than teaching English or math.JohnG@lt wrote:
I have faith in people to know how to run their own lives better than anyone else. No one can plan for every eventuality that people might come across in their daily lives. Trying to shoehorn people into 'one size fits all' policies is the height of stupidity.
the seniors now are all about socialism and shit without really understanding it. screaming corporations are bad, child labour is bad and fucking go on a shopping spree when they go to singapore for MUN (especially companies that extensively use child labour lulz).Turquoise wrote:
Unfortunately, the politicization of civics is why it was removed from the school I went to.Cybargs wrote:
i always hated teachers who put their politics in civic courses like international relations and shite. my teacher was a hard core left winger who taught us shit from naomi klein and chomsky. funny she still buys ipods and wears nice clothes and shit lulz.Turquoise wrote:
I don't think teaching cooking, economics, and civics are shoehorning anyone anymore than teaching English or math.
Apparently, a lot of American teachers are incapable of teaching how our system works without being political about it. It's pretty sad, really.
fucking hate it when politics get in the mix of teaching. kinda like that black teacher chewing out a 4th grader coz her dad is voting for mccain.
From conversations I've had with people in various other countries, it would seem that their systems know how to handle civics in a neutral way.Cybargs wrote:
the seniors now are all about socialism and shit without really understanding it. screaming corporations are bad, child labour is bad and fucking go on a shopping spree when they go to singapore for MUN (especially companies that extensively use child labour lulz).Turquoise wrote:
Unfortunately, the politicization of civics is why it was removed from the school I went to.Cybargs wrote:
i always hated teachers who put their politics in civic courses like international relations and shite. my teacher was a hard core left winger who taught us shit from naomi klein and chomsky. funny she still buys ipods and wears nice clothes and shit lulz.
Apparently, a lot of American teachers are incapable of teaching how our system works without being political about it. It's pretty sad, really.
fucking hate it when politics get in the mix of teaching. kinda like that black teacher chewing out a 4th grader coz her dad is voting for mccain.
I don't know what's up with our system or our culture for that matter.
funny thing was our teacher was canadian. they should just stick to the curriculum and not allow their own personal views to get in it. worst is english teachers who grade you based on your agreeness to their opinions of a book lulz.Turquoise wrote:
From conversations I've had with people in various other countries, it would seem that their systems know how to handle civics in a neutral way.Cybargs wrote:
the seniors now are all about socialism and shit without really understanding it. screaming corporations are bad, child labour is bad and fucking go on a shopping spree when they go to singapore for MUN (especially companies that extensively use child labour lulz).Turquoise wrote:
Unfortunately, the politicization of civics is why it was removed from the school I went to.
Apparently, a lot of American teachers are incapable of teaching how our system works without being political about it. It's pretty sad, really.
fucking hate it when politics get in the mix of teaching. kinda like that black teacher chewing out a 4th grader coz her dad is voting for mccain.
I don't know what's up with our system or our culture for that matter.