Are you smarter than an American?

[irstupid]

badgenome said:

irstupid said:

It's like the "are you smarter than a 5th grader" show.

They are asking fifth graders questions that they are learning at the moment, meanwhile asking adults quesitons that they havne't seen in 30 years.  

I think the school systems should look at that show and realize, "why the F are we teaching these kids these things when they never use them the rest of their life"    These Doctors, and so on other smart college graduates who are considered the smartest proffesions in the world dont' seem to remember a damn thing taught to them in the 5th grade.

The criteria needs to change.  

There's a lot of room for improvement, obviously, but I think there's value in a general education that prepares you for more specified learning later on and gives you a broader understanding of the world. At an young age it's good to learn how to learn, even if you forget a lot of the specifics later in life. The more pressing issue with education would seem to be, "Is it really a good idea for people to take years off of their working lives to attend the social club known as 'college', frequently walking away with no marketable skills and a ton of debt?"

They need to narrow college down to be more specific.

Half a college grads classes have absolutely zero value to his job later in life.  What does an accountant need Biology or History of Music for?

By the time you get ot college you should be only taking classes that pertain to your career.  If they want kids to know basics in biology, chemestry, math, music, history, speech, ect that doesn't pertain to ones job field, then they shoudl have taught that in High School.  I mean you have all those classes in high school, so why did i have to take them again?  It's like their saying they don't trust high school to have taught you anything, and assume your school sucked.