--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Deborah Harrell wrote:
<snippage> > >>I think developing "trade-oriented" vs. > >>"academic-oriented" programs makes sense; the > trick > >>would be to keep it from being discriminatory > toward > >>minorities. I don't see why someone who has loved > >>being a 'tinkerer' and enjoys fixing leaky faucets > >>should be forced to sit in a classroom all day, > >>not-learning trigonometry and iambic pentameter... > One thing I think should be mentioned: students must > meet educational > standards, no matter what school they're in. It > might seem useless to some > people to teach a child about Shakespeare when they > are studying to be a > plumber, but it's still required, even at vocational > high schools. <grin> But it ought to be designed to *intrigue* the students rather than punish them -- acting out a play rather than doing a report on it, showing how a snowflake is based on fractals rather than plain classical geometry, collecting pond specimens to study under the microscope rather than just looking at a book, etc. Some of that for the academic students would be good, too! Debbi who is a vast repository of completely useless facts ;) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
