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akuma587 on 11 January 2009
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HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
HappySqurriel said:

Just because I exaggerated, does not mean that the problem does not exist.

The education system is built around the assumption that every student should (or should want to) go on to university and get a degree. They focus their resources towards preparing you for this eventual university education and completely ignore the fact that 2/3 of students will never get a university degree, and in the process around 1/3 of students become frustrated and leave school BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET!

You can talk all you want about the school being a little flexible, and offering programs to help people meet their narrow definitions of success or failure, but it is still far from inclusive.

 

Hmmm, oddly enough what you described seems to be fairly close to the statistical split at my high school between people who take AP classes (those who almost all plan to go to college) and those who don't take AP classes (only some of which plan to go to college). The amount you have to learn to pass in regular classes is beyond pathetic already. If anything the standards should be higher.

The only viable alternative is to add more elective classes for things like people who would want to go into business, but academic elective classes across the board are generally failures. The expectations are so low in those classes that it is almost sickening. This is assuming that the schools even have enough money as it is (which they don't, and which I strongly disagree with).

That isn't even factoring in the remedial programs and the extracurricular activities like UIL, Academic Decathlon, etc. for kids who want even more from their education.

 

 

So, can you get a welding certificate from your school?

We do have an advanced automotive program at our school at the ATC (Advanced Technology Center) as well as other hands on kinds of quasi-job training, but I don't really know that much about it as I never took any classes at the ATC.  I distinguish these from your regular electives (which a retarted person could pass) since you have to take a bus over there and a small percentage of people take these classes.  If you can't get a welding certificate per se, you sure can get some hands on experience.

 



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