Joga 1,315 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I don't get it, would you rather children spend the first 20+ years of their lives with their nose in a book and being unhappy and stressed all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugoose 11,398 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If that would make them smarter, yes. Jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ami♥ 695 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 y'all call it points instead of marks, and have lots of mcq's for test. Also the drop out rate is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaumicTinkerbell 1,934 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If that would make them smarter, yes. Jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joga 1,315 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 y'all call it points instead of marks, and have lots of mcq's for test. Also the drop out rate is... what's wrong with dropping out though? You can live a happy, successful life without a high school degree in america and i think that's actually really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield 3,824 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 There are so many flaws in the American (education) system that what is not understanding is why wouldn't we complain about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ami♥ 695 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 what's wrong with dropping out though? You can live a happy, successful life without a high school degree in america and i think that's actually really cool i don't think any things wrong with that tbh, but other countries normally use that against America, so it's been seen as a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joga 1,315 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 There are so many flaws in the American (education) system that what is not understanding is why wouldn't we complain about it point out a flaw that doesn't apply to other countries. one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanan 4,318 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Well, the US education system could be better, but it's certainly not the worst. Though they really need to stop teaching to tests and start teaching actual career skills or life skills instead of only focus on standardized testing for which the information is 99% useless after graduating from high school. Ah, well. Hopefully things change a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMNDS&PRLS 2,420 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 It could be really better especially the history portion. Plus they don't really teach cursive anymore, which is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lugoose 11,398 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 It could be really better especially the history portion. Plus they don't really teach cursive anymore, which is stupid. And geography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memeyoongi 4,769 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If that would make them smarter, yes. Jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ePit 773 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I think americans are too privileged. You can drop out for 20 years and still go back to become a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vip ex-Elvis 597 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 It's out-dated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solis 10,336 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 personally, i learned little to nothing while in school here in america (high school graduate) i don't know anything about taxes, loans, etc.. all things that will be important in my adult life.. and it's not that i didn't pay attention either - we simply were never taught any of that because we were always too busy preparing for tests to learn any actual useful life skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MimiB 1,139 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Well, the US education system could be better, but it's certainly not the worst. Though they really need to stop teaching to tests and start teaching actual career skills or life skills instead of only focus on standardized testing for which the information is 99% useless after graduating from high school. Ah, well. Hopefully things change a little. Some of those test don't really determine how well you can do in college too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joga 1,315 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 personally, i learned little to nothing while in school here in america (high school graduate) i don't know anything about taxes, loans, etc.. all things that will be important in my adult life.. and it's not that i didn't pay attention either - we simply were never taught any of that because we were always too busy preparing for tests to learn any actual useful life skills my school had a class for that called "life skills". its an elective you can take for a semester. idk why other schools don't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solis 10,336 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 my school had a class for that called "life skills". its an elective you can take for a semester. idk why other schools don't have that. it would have been nice - I went to 2 different schools and neither had anything like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield 3,824 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 point out a flaw that doesn't apply to other countries. one. It is not a matter of a flaw that is specific to the USA, it's more a combination of several flaws which conducts to a society with a lot of people with doubtful knowledge even for those who have supposedly studied. There is general lack of respect for education and educators while meanwhile sport is glorified. in that sense, teachers are not seen as role models, as people who inspired the students, they are more like baby-sitters. They are not there to teach something but guard the students while the parents are working. Schools are focussed on passing some tests instead of focussing on teaching, making students understand the matter. Furthermore, they don't focus enough on some matter that seems to be useless in real life, like geography, history, philosophy, etc., but are crucial as general knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli London 1,762 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Because my 12 year old little sis couldn't figure out that 1/2 a cup + 1/4 a cup equals 3/4 of a cup. Also like almost a decade ago the U.S. lowered the standards. Smh. When I was in seventh grade, 5 paragraphs were originally required for an essay but it was lowered to 3. Then my senior year of high school, senior projects were cut out, and just this year they changed the grading system so that a 90-100 is an A. Before a 93-100 was an A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Jellyfish 23,232 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I mean, it might not be the worst educational system in the world, but it does have it's glaring flaws. Those standardize tests are a joke, so to spend all that time preparing and taking those tests instead of learning skills and information that can be more useful just seems like a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanan 4,318 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Some of those test don't really determine how well you can do in college too. Exactly. People spend so much time teaching to a test that they don't teach kids what they need in college and students wind up wasting more money on remedial classes+retaking classes because of shitty hs teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joga 1,315 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Because my 12 year old little sis couldn't figure out that 1/2 a cup + 1/4 a cup equals 3/4 of a cup. Also like almost a decade ago the U.S. lowered the standards. Smh. When I was in seventh grade, 5 paragraphs were originally required for an essay but it was lowered to 3. Then my senior year of high school, senior projects were cut out, and just this year they changed the grading system so that a 90-100 is an A. Before a 93-100 was an A. That sounds more like a school problem because the cup measurements are taught in math, science, and foods. Also 90-100 for and A has always been standard? idgi. And I just did a senior project this yyear...it was 12 pages and a presentation. And that was just for English. Three other classes called for a senior project as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugaJam 3,634 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Well, the US education system could be better, but it's certainly not the worst. Though they really need to stop teaching to tests and start teaching actual career skills or life skills instead of only focus on standardized testing for which the information is 99% useless after graduating from high school. Ah, well. Hopefully things change a little. isnt that what the majority of Asian's education is also like? rote memorization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Honestly I'm just bitter at my damn elementary school, like those ableist shits purposely kept me out of gifted and didn't do shit about me getting bullied by the entire school when they knew all about what was going on, and it's screwed me up for life. But of course, that's a personal problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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