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Education Part ll
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| JOEBIALEK |
This is the second part to an earlier writing about education in the United States. As you may recall, I advocated for the privatization of all schools from kindergarten to graduate studies. This piece will focus on the curriculum that needs to be followed.
Everytime I encounter someone in the workplace, I am reminded of just how much we have failed to properly educate United States citizens in the fundamentals of communication: reading, writing and speaking. Few would argue that the time is long overdue for the United States to "get back to the basics" of a fully functional education system. We need to exclusively focus on the development of communication skills from kindergarten to eighth grade along with annual testing that measures apptitude and interest. Training in mathematics should be limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Unless communication skills are fully mastered, there is no need to advance to high school.
For those who graduate to high school, the emphasis could evolve into a curriculum of philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, science and religious studies. Books such as "For Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide" could be used to foster an understanding of different religions. Athletic activity would be strictly confined to cardio vascular exercises and all sports would be eliminated. While there would still be an emphasis on communication skills, the focus would now be on developing a foundation of basic knowledge so as to be able to graduate to college. Testing for apptitude and interest would continue through high school increasing the chances of picking the right field of study . Those not continuing on to college would enter some type of apprenticeship training for the purpose of learning a trade. For those who do graduate to college, the student would continue to study an advanced version of the same curriculum as high school but only for the first two years then they would complete their education by strictly focusing on coursework designed to train them in their field of study. Nearing graduation, internships would be required to begin the transition to the working world. Think of how different our society would be if our education system could just teach the fundamentals of reading, writing and speaking. |
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| St_Andrew |
| JOEBIALEK is back :toocool: |
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by JOEBIALEK
This is the second part to an earlier writing about education in the United States. As you may recall, I advocated for the privatization of all schools from kindergarten to graduate studies. This piece will focus on the curriculum that needs to be followed.
Everytime I encounter someone in the workplace, I am reminded of just how much we have failed to properly educate United States citizens in the fundamentals of communication: reading, writing and speaking. Few would argue that the time is long overdue for the United States to "get back to the basics" of a fully functional education system. We need to exclusively focus on the development of communication skills from kindergarten to eighth grade along with annual testing that measures apptitude and interest. Training in mathematics should be limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Unless communication skills are fully mastered, there is no need to advance to high school.
For those who graduate to high school, the emphasis could evolve into a curriculum of philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, science and religious studies. Books such as "For Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide" could be used to foster an understanding of different religions. Athletic activity would be strictly confined to cardio vascular exercises and all sports would be eliminated. While there would still be an emphasis on communication skills, the focus would now be on developing a foundation of basic knowledge so as to be able to graduate to college. Testing for apptitude and interest would continue through high school increasing the chances of picking the right field of study . Those not continuing on to college would enter some type of apprenticeship training for the purpose of learning a trade. For those who do graduate to college, the student would continue to study an advanced version of the same curriculum as high school but only for the first two years then they would complete their education by strictly focusing on coursework designed to train them in their field of study. Nearing graduation, internships would be required to begin the transition to the working world. Think of how different our society would be if our education system could just teach the fundamentals of reading, writing and speaking. |
What about maths & science? This is where much of the American population lack in right now and is why it makes more sense to hire people from abroad. Of course it's essential to know how to read, write, etc correct, but maths & science plays a huge role in life and our world. You can't just throw it away. I'm for privatising school,s as well as introducing advanced concepts earlier in life. Give Algebra & phys sci at around age 9 or so and trigonometry and physics by age 13. Start foreign languages much earlier than grade 7. It's needed in today's competitive workplace(s). |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
What about maths & science? This is where much of the American population lack in right now and is why it makes more sense to hire people from abroad. Of course it's essential to know how to read, write, etc correct, but maths & science plays a huge role in life and our world. You can't just throw it away. I'm for privatising school,s as well as introducing advanced concepts earlier in life. Give Algebra & phys sci at around age 9 or so and trigonometry and physics by age 13. Start foreign languages much earlier than grade 7. It's needed in today's competitive workplace(s). |
I agree. Math and science is VERY important to develop the logical thinking that many ppl seem to lack these days... |
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| DrUg_Tit0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
I agree. Math and science is VERY important to develop the logical thinking that many ppl seem to lack these days... |
Yeah. Globally I'd say it's more important than most social oriented branches.
Anyway, great to see our friend Joe Bialek came back! :) |
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| ali92 |
| BTW, where's part I of this topic? |
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