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40 000 kids about to fail high school... (pg. 4)
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| Durafei |
I think school's are OK here in Canada.
I went to schools in 3 different countries: Russia, Israel and Canada,
so I pretty much know what I'm talking about.
I think schools provide enough education. The problem is that if students don't wanna study - they can get away with it. Unlike other countries where education is considered more important.
So essentially what we have here is a bunch of spoiled kids who go to high-schools but don't actually learn anything there cause they don't want to learn anything... That simple. |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Durafei
...That simple. |
I wish it was. :D |
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| StereoPrincess |
I spent my highschool years very happily. I did well in the classes because they were easy, I got to play sports, go on road trips and be involved in other school activities and I got to party a bit in the end. I feel very bad for anyone that does not enjoy their highschool. Of course there were things that were not perfect concerning old books and some really ty teachers but over all highschool was a blast.
Maybe it was the fact that it was in a small town and things were different. I can imagine how kids could get lost in the system when there are so many of them here. |
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| Nemireck |
I was part of the guinea pig group who's been screwed by this curriculum... so let me give my thoughts.
There's only ONE problem with the new curriculum. And that's that the government didn't implement it starting at the beginning and let the kids already halfway through the old system work their way through. Instead they just started it up and gave a big " YOU" to the kids who weren't properly prepared for the new curriculum the way elementary school students currently are. 1 hour of homework per class a night isn't a problem... what IS a problem is that most elementary schools had a "no homework" policy. And then in Grd 7 and 8 there were no measures taken to teach kids proper study and work habits, homework skills weren't really important, just make sure you do well on the tests and you'd be fine. Then in grd 9 The new curriculum hit with it's 4+ hours of homework a night, and many kids just couldn't teach themselves how to work with it on time. That was my problem... I simply didn't have the work skills required to do well in school. (that, plus I really don't give a damn, 90% of what you learn in school will never be put into practise in the real world)
It's NOT the parents fault, in many cases they're forced to work to 5 or 6 every night just so they can pay the bills and keep food on the table and between the hours of 3 and 6, kids can get into a lot of . And since schools aren't able to run proper after-school programs anymore, many of those kids end up smoking weed and playing video games rather than doing work or something else constructive. And if parents ask about school work "Oh, I did it all before 5 Mom." And if the parents don't believe that you did it, just pull out some old work and pretend it's new... it's not hard to get around doing homework and there's not much parents can do about it if the kid really doesn't care.
It's NOT the teacher's fault... there have always been, and always will be bad teachers. Shrug, that's life, learn to work around it. Likewise, there will always be and always have been bad managers, and other superiors in jobs... don't expect different from a school.
It's NOT the new curriculum's fault... it really isn't that hard... if I had put even a minimal ammount of effort into my schooling I'd have easily achieved a high 80's average and if I really worked at it a mid-90's.
It IS the government's fault for implementing the new curriculum the way they did. It was a load of BS and screwed over thousands of kids who now have to put their lives on hold while they catch up.
Now... You seem to think the whole article is a "boo hoo" story... if that were true it would be a lot of bitching with no evidence to back up the opinion that there is a problem. But the numbers are there proving that there is a problem with how the new curriculum was put into place... unfortunately no one's smart enough to realise the problem isn't the curriculum or under-funding... it was simply the way it was implemented. And there's nothing that can be done to fix the problem right now, the only thing that will stop the mass drop-outs is time, because eventually the elementary kids are going to enter high school and succeed, because they're being properly prepared for it. What they need now is something for the drop-outs to get their lives back on track. |
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| The Highroller |
^^Unless of course they change the curriculum again (which they will)
You brought up a very good point with the curriculum implementation that I forgot to address. |
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| Hami |
The problem today is, kids are growing up in front of tv's, and not in front of toys and books.
our minds aren't being challenged right from the start anymore... |
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| Silver Bass |
| quote: | Originally posted by reverieX2
THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. They didn't start us in the new curriculum when we first started school in Kindergarten. |
Exactly like I said before |
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| Mosaic |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Toronto Star = Liberal Propaganda = Not worth the paper it's printed on (or the bits it's stored with). |
oh? what do you read? |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mosaic
oh? what do you read? |
The only quality newspaper in Canada: The Globe & Mail. |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Hami
The problem today is, kids are growing up in front of tv's, and not in front of toys and books.
our minds aren't being challenged right from the start anymore... |
Ummm false. That was the last generation. Hardly anyone watches TV anymore. |
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| Elmo-On-XTC |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
The only quality newspaper in Canada: The Globe & Mail. |
damn right! (my dad is a graphic designer/cartographer for the globe) |
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| Provitex |
| quote: | Originally posted by Elmo-On-XTC
damn right! (my dad is a graphic designer/cartographer for the globe) |
that's sick :) |
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