Education Part ll

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.

question 1. what is going to substitute the income that sports generate, and obviousley you know about school so we both know its ALOT.
2. sports serve as a huge deferment in the vegetation of our kids, it teaches them teamwork and in most cases demands drug free athletes. give the millions of student athletes in highschool more time to adress the pressures of being a teenager watch crime, pregnancy increase while interest in school decrease.
3. what religion do you educate them on? you sure as hell can not pick one or two, hell even 10. leave out one religion and you have yourself one hell of a lawsuit.
4. you seem to want to allow a more broad approach by limiting the choices. in my highschool 2000+ we had the choice of over 200 electives in 10 different fields. put 2000+ together with the limit of 20 different classes? your not teaching kids about variety and choice your simply limiting there approach to freedom by forcefeeding them things they still wotn give a shit about.
5. think of how different our society would be if they taught just these things? i am... a nation in which we all know how to communicate about shit that everyone already knows. what makes our country "great" is the option to pursue any field of interest we wish, limit that and have fun watching the depression, crime, and the underestimated epidemic of obesity increase.

more so...
testing is not a gauge for knowledge, it simply shows the memorization skills in kids.
there wont be these fields to study specificaly on like you claim, the only fields will be economics, religious, scientific, socialism, pyshchology. what happens to competition in small business? your depriving the fastest growing business groups of what gives them so much leverage.
i see that you are 55 years old and obviousley your emphasis on education did not motivate you to actually present a thoroughly researched topic. instead liek many americans that you are complaining about you have simply thrown out your feelings in a ridiculously limiting pessamisitc manner. if you cared about the educational system you speak of then certainly i would anticipate your own education to be a little more advanced then to half-ass your convictions. anyone with pride in this country would see that limiting childrens choices will only make them less interested and it might focus on the things that wouldmake this country great but emphasizes the problem that makes this country shitty, complacency and lack of motivation.
instead figure out a way to broaden peoples grasp for culture and options.while remaining the emphasis on fundamentals. i dont mean to belittle your ideas, but they are selfish and shallow.

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anyone with pride in this country would see that limiting childrens choices will only make them less interested and it might focus on the things that wouldmake this country great but emphasizes the problem that makes this country shitty, complacency and lack of motivation.

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Capitalism, also known as the dog-eat-dog economic system, is what made this country great. Guess you want to keep promoting that, huh.

You're thinking about this issue from an economical aspect. You don't want to get rid of sports because it brings money. It seems like the guy who posted this cares more about the harmful effects.

I don't understand how you can belittle Joebialek without much basis.

i gave you the basis. limit the options and you limit the minds. i do not believe this country is great, greater than others, but in no means great. it was simply a figure of speech. and instead of citing one reason of why this would not work maybe you should read the others. Cutting all sports just caught my eye because it is ridiculously extreme and without them they would not have the money to support half of the schools. it is not economically thinking simply smart thinking.
his idea was aimed towards fixing what is wrong with this country but only by ignoring what already makes us unique. you cant have your cake and eat it.

Makes sense. Thanks for explaining.

I still like the idea of getting rid of high school and replacing it with a school that's more vocational and applicable.

oh i agree whole heartedly. i came across pretty harsh because its extremely hypocritical to cite things with no support just because on face value it makes sense. i dont know it irked me that he was complaining about the education system that flaws communication when he had no support of what he was trying to convey, in return showing his poor communication skills.

good points...