I am not sure what schools you are talking about but around here they
are required to take at least 4 years of
history/government/economics around here.
Current affairs was also a requirement (It was kind of cool having my
son ask for the newspaper and not seeing him turn to the comics
page) I also know that the local university is heavy on history requirements.
My son is a big reader (takes after his dad) but my wife abhors
reading. (She will not read books period)
It depends on where you are Betty. (No reading public transportation
maps here no such animal)
But our whole education system is a mess as we do not pay our
teachers enough, we do not give them the respect they deserve, and we
do not support our education with the support we should. We give
them bare minimum requirements and then let the academics control the system.
We need more practical teachers who have real world experience. We
need more administrators that have real world experience. At present
our School Superintendent is a retired LTC from the army who got his
education degrees while in the army and got active in public
education. He wants the best for the kids but is not afraid to
demand the best out of them either. The students know he requires
discipline but also so does the staff.
It always depends on your perspective.
Here in Alabama we are always fond of saying, thank god for Mississippi.
Stewart
At 07:22 PM 5/28/2009, you wrote:
Yes, and no. You're definitely right about setting long term goals.
Individualism doesn't mean that people can't also work together to
get good things done--selfishness does.
One of the big problems is the breakdown of our education
system--teaching to the tests, dumbing down the rest. When I was in
school, we all had to take civics and government in high school. In
grade school we had current events in Social Studies or History
classes every week. We even had to learn how to read a broadsheet
newspaper on public transportation by folding it so it wouldn't get
in the face of someone sitting next to you.
Europeans read. They read newspapers, magazines and lots of books.
Our kids aren't required to read and write nearly as much as I did
in school. I don't care if they can program their computers in 6th
grade. They need history and geography and literature and science
and a bit of economics to be educated, contributing members of
society, instead of another extension of the "ME" generation,
wallowing in their selfishness.
Public transportation is an integral part of civilized society.
Instead of complaining about it, make it work better--and with free WiFi.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[email protected]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
*************************************************************************
** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **
** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **
*************************************************************************
