Not to side with the education, but part of it is to help you think logically. Learning only what you're skilled at means you have extremely weak weaknesses, which could be bad. But still, I agree, our strengths should be more focused on. (Though that could be difficult)
Imagine learning only one thing fr 12 years then realizing you no longer like that thing and that you are mentally and socially inept in every other facet of life.
I’m a junior in high school and I’ve known what I want to do forever. I’ve been pursuing it for 4 years. School has done nothing but slow down my progress by forcing classes that I don’t need and adding unneeded stress. School has under qualified me for what i actually want.
Their should be universal basic education until 8th grade then 9th through 12th should focus on different career paths as possible certifications for those career paths along with basic life skills courses
Imagine being a kid and thinking I want to do “this”! And then all of your adolescent years are focused on only using one set of skills, and when you are done you realize that “this” isn’t what you wanted. However, you are incapable of using any other skill set and are unable to function in society.
A problem with this is that some people change interests later in life like in high school and if they followed this system then there might be a situation where the child says “I WaNt To Be A SpAcEmAn” and then halfway through their life they want to become a doctor but they already have the experi
Yeah but most of us are dumb as fuck as kids and the school system introduces us to a bunch of new avenues and it’s not practical to choose our life path at 5 years old
I defend our generation a lot but this is what they mean when they say millennials are entitled. You can’t expect the world to always adhere to your personal strengths and weaknesses. The education system is incredibly flawed but that is not solution.
I’m usually pretty on board with the stuff people say against the American school system but hold up a sec. Everyone should get a basic education in all fields. Just cuz someone is good at something when they are 6 doesn’t mean we should train them to do that their whole lives and nothing else.
Because that undermines the very purpose of education. The purpose of education is not to make sure you succeed in life, or find your talent. Anyone can learn something if they put their mind to it. You have natural geniuses rarely, but you don’t have natural dumbasses. Folks are dumbasses by choice
Woah woah woah, slow down there sunny. It's obviously the students fault that they're not learning. Let's dope them up with pills so they'll pay attention.
Until you study the one thing u “love” for 12 years then dont like it anymore and dont know how to do anything else, young people change their mind a lot, anyone in college could tell u that
Except kids don't know what the hell they are good at or really passionate about. I always wanted to be a pilot, got my private pilots license. Good fun. But I'm more passionate about being a mechanic. Kids will change passions a lot over their life. That's why school teaches you a bit of everything
Imagine if schools like to this already existed. Oh wait nvm they do! They are called career tech schools that can teach trades to high schoolers. I went to one they are really nice.
Jeez almost like interests change and if you're serious about your education you will go to technical school or middle college in highschool but idiots blow their high school education and get shit grades or never apply for higher education in highschool and blame the system for their incompetence.
K-12 are just for general education so you’re not an idiot... what you just described are trade schools which take 1-4 years to complete depending on the program
They believe in quantity instead of quality. That’s what happened when our country industrialized. Even the education system focused on mass production.
That would take a lot of money and extremely individualized learning processes and would require a shit ton more teachers in every school. While the idea is nice it isnt necessarily smart. If u want this for ur kid just home school them I guess
Man if only there was like classes like band, orchestra, art, science, sports, or maybe even a school funded dance team or choir. That would really be something.
Wow imagine if parents actually parented their children and let schools teach fundamentals and study habits and shut the hell up trying to be edgy and blaming the education system for why you or your kid turned out to be a loser
People change, categorizing them from a young age forces their mind into the mindset of whatever they liked then, they might not like it now. I semi-agree with this post, but I think it should be more around high school, and still be able to change later
Because that isn't what school is for? It doesn't do any business owner justice if you can repair a vehicle, but can't do basic arithmatic. Or, if you are great at construction, but can't read. School is a basic foundation, upon which to build.
Schools are the way they are because they started that in the Industrial Age. In the factory, you would do as your told, listen to your boss, do work assigned to you, and only get breaks and go home at very specific times. In school, its the same way. After the Age, schools never changed.
i think high schools should make kids finish their prerequisites by sophomore year and then the last two years they can specialize in their interests a bit more so they have a more clear idea going into college so they don’t have to change majors multiple times
Schools: what do you students want to do? Students: well I don’t really know, I need to think about it. Schools: bitch you thought, we’re just gonna teach you fucking all the subjects so you can just forget them all after high school which is also just randomly when y’all can be on ur own career pat
imagine if people didn't completely disregard a scholar system that's been built over decades because their lazy ass and common sense doesn't allow them to do anything that isn't their "talent".
How are you supposed to discover the innate abilities of children at the age of 6 when people at 22 still have no idea what they want to do? It's a parenting issue. Not saying our schools are perfect, they're far from it, but this argument is retarded.
General education is just that, general. It’s to identify what areas of academia you’re strong in and which you aren’t so you can apply those talents to a real job skill in college
Imagine if parents took the responsibility of exploring their own children’s strengths and helping them develop real life skills instead of blaming a system designed to give the majority a basic education
I think if we had young adults and adults talk about life more often and how it sometimes truly is, kids would have a more mature understanding on life and the world and have higher priorities when they are young
The reason why schools stop doing this is because you don't know where you want to be at a young age dumbass. Astronaut isn't a realistic goal for an overweight retard.
Yeah, like for 8 hours a day these kids could just stand in a sweat shop and scrap metal or see who can sow the fast shirt lol That’s what they should do instead of learning
Because that requires a lot of one on one shit and it only specializes you in one field and then you have no clue about everything else like basic maths or science or English. College is meant for you to specialize in your talents. It’s not hard to find out talents on your own or at home.
Public school isn't supposed to help people specialize in particular fields. It's supposed to be a blanket education for the average person and give them general knowledge about the world around them. Imagine singers with little knowledge of WWII or basic math skills because they focused on the arts
Yeha that would have been cool. Its nice being 19 and have been working since graduation and stay up until 1am every night wondering what I want to do with my life
Because some skills such as math and reading and writing are universal in any application in the world. education can still be individualized in such a matter, but it is not bad to expect kids to learn skills that will be required in the real world
Yeah...interests change. If this was the case I would be training to be a pilot. But that was a phase. Interests change so there is no way to grow a child’s specific skills and interests when these things change and develop over the years. They defiantly don’t stay consistent
Maybe we could have art, music, and theatre classes and several extracurricular clubs and activities. Or perhaps it’s not the public school systems personal responsibility to hand you your destiny and kids should just learn about their inner talents on their own through experience and life.
Because of the “No child left behind.” BS and school funding based on generalized tests. In fact, I was offered to skip a grade but my parent stopped me because “I would get bullied because I was younger.” Schools themselves are the last problem that needs fixing.
Because no one is born a specialist in anything. You elect to take the classes you’re good at the moment you get the chance and spend your free time doing that instead of other activities kids can do. Stop crying and blaming other people because you didn’t invest in your own future.
That’s why school has like 8 different core subjects so you can find what you like. Then u go to college and decide what to do with your strengths. If we just start letting kids choose one subject at a young age to follow, they’ll end up even more confused and not well rounded at all
If this happened, everyone would be an expert in a few select areas, and complete idiot's in everything else. I think this would be good, but also train them in other areas. This would help eliminate the challenge of not finding a job.
I believe that would be incredibly expensive to have completely individualized learning paths for that many people. People should stop complaining and just do the work. A person who says they’re setup to fail will fail and a person who strives to win and achieve will do exactly that.
School isnt to help you find out who you are, its to instill basic knowledge, granted curriculum needs to be revamped badly. My other concern is funding and availability of staffing officials, especially is smaller districts or poorer districts. I could easily see this becoming another wedge in soci
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