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Noobpatty wrote:

Pointless, much? What problems are you talking about? I must life somewhere that is an exception to 'US education' because my school's fucking great. Besides, the only thing I've experienced is school food (the only thing I don't like). Places like Spain get some good fresh healthy shit while we get microwaved crap.

Seriously, US cafeterias are terrible.

You cannot expect anything from government employees who have had no verifiable measures of success until recently. A government employee has no motivation other than job security and blaming other for thier faliures.

6/10. We still have a pretty good education system in comparison to some other nations, but it is messed up way more than it should be. I fault the people in charge for trying to make it into a political indoctrination program, while passing sheep through its halls with the minimal amount of hard education.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-07-19 12:43:05)

it's not fucked up, people just like to bitch.

I'm getting a great education here in Oregon..

It's the best in the world. Compare it to Pakistan where a day at school involves learning how to sow soccer balls.

Go to Africa to get an education or other poverty stricken countries. You will struggle to pass due to over 60 in a classroom ranging in all different ages. No one to come help you if your stuck. Oh yeah bump up on the corruption as well.

CyrusTheVirus wrote:

It's the best in the world. Compare it to Pakistan where a day at school involves learning how to sow soccer balls.

lol at least they learn something

My high school has a 96 percentage rate of kids going to college. 0.5% fail rate.

And it's a public HS with the nickname "the pharmacy". Guess why.

It's the kids, not the teachers.

Poseidon wrote:

And it's a public HS with the nickname "the pharmacy". Guess why.

It's the kids, not the teachers.

They sell drugs?

The joke at my high school was that we can only produce doctors and lawyers.

I was dead last in my class, the only people below me did not graduate.  I consider myself fairly smart, and it pissed my teachers off when they called upon people in class and I was almost never wrong, but still barely passing.

The point is, is that Schools don't INSPIRE kids or Intrique them enough to want to learn. 

Basically, All we did in school was copy and paste.   Take Info,  Remember it for test.  Write it on test.  Past test. forget info.  Remember new info for test, take test.  REPEAT.

I was bored to tears in school.   We did nothing that was interesting. Nothing really hands on, and most importantly, nothing applicable to Life after school *besides your maths, and English basics in grade school.

Term papers or projects were always set out by guidelines guaranteeing that the project would not be interesting.  Books required to read always had to follow Moral Guidelines and not be lewd.. I.E. BORING.

I have read 1000 times more after high school.  I have learned 1000 times more than school taught me.   

A big problem was stereotyping, even by teachers, Because I wasn't an athlete, I wasnt in the in crowd the teachers pampered to.  I had older borthers that pissed upon any chance of a teacher trying to see me in a positive light.

Plus,  to put it plainly.  Alot of kids are imbeciles.  But the class is set at a pace of "no child left behind"  leaving the smarter ones sitting there twiddling thier thumbs bored as fuck.    Boredom+Youth+being stereotyped=unrelenting Mischief and teacher infuriating shenanigens.

The teachers try, they really do.  but they are also just people.  And some people are rude, judgemental, prejudiced, cold hearted, and apathetic. 

The whole approach needs to be revamped.   Staring into books trying to simply remember shit fort tests is useless.

Last edited by RoosterCantrell (2007-07-19 16:47:40)

Good points, lowing.  But on the whole I agree with rooster, if education inspired kids to learn in the first place kids who might not give a shit instead actually like learning.  The entire system is screwed, imho.  Maybe not in some parts of the country, but in too many, yes.

k30dxedle wrote:

Braddock wrote:

I'm not going to vote as I'm not American and don't know enough about your education system ...but I will say this - your geography lessons could do with a little improvement

"Where's Asia? Is that in New York City?"

I don't think that's what Braddock is referring to when he says our geography education needs improvement. I think he's referring to Bush in March 2003:
"Hello, Americurr. On September 11, 2001, we were attacked by turrurrist killurrs from Afghanistan. Today, we're going to invade their country of residence."

And off he goes to Iraq.

Kind of like the doctor that said, "Wait, WHICH leg are we amputating?!"

Last edited by kingofkolt (2007-07-19 18:41:23)