Kasz216 said:
What i think SS is talking about is educating people in non-core education to make them better citizens. Which doesn't nessisairly have to involve college. In fact, i'd think if your teaching humanities at college for the first time, a lot of the lessons about how and why people are is lost by then. |
Subjects like Art, Music, Drama and PE are taught poorly in high school here. Every teacher of those subjects I've ever met favours 2 or 3 students who are talented in it and ignores the rest; doesn't even teach us to appreciate the subject (which is the point).
Those subjects, with History and Geography, should be taught to age 16 as appreciation subjects - no exam, just some exposure to culture and the key concepts. Same with English, if you're not taking it as a career then it shouldn't be 90% literary criticism but should be about reading things that are interesting and horizon-broadening. Not neccessarily the classics, as those alienate some people. Reading helps vocabulary ands helps you to express your ideas.
