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I went back to college in 1999, and I never considered myself a math whiz by any stretch. However, almost immediately in algebra, which I never took before in any school, I seemed to fly beyond the majority in my class.. After three weeks, my instructor wanted me to head a learning group over in the Library building, so I did. Not only was this in my class, but the entire college. Most of the students that were fresh out of high school, and should be smarter in this topic than a 45 year-old, who quit in the 10th grade, weren't. Many of them I ended - up tutoring outside of college just to bring them up - to - speed in Algebra I class. I notice the same thing in my writing classes and my computer classes (but I expected that here). -------------------------------------------- I can't help but feel that those who were in school in the 80's & 90's were the last of the well educated in our school system. We are seeing the results of cutting school funding to save a few dollars. When I was in junior high and high school we had a very expansive music and art program - I learned to play the trombone, the drum, to draw with pencil and charcoal, to work with pottery, to do string art and paper mache - we were even taught how to write a song in our music classes and three foriegn languages, basic Spanish, German, and French, by the 8th grade. By the late 90's it all changed!! Most of those schools cut the these programs and were starting with the sports, then they started attacking the lunch programs, then they started cutting the time of a class, and how much training our teachers get and then they shifted power to the parents. But now they want teachers to be a form of military or security for the classroom, some even want teachers to carry guns, but for the same pay. I believe it is the responsibility of the school to stop those students at the door - not after they're in the building sitting in a class. Our educational system needs to expand - not shrink. !! Social Media Destroyed The Internet |
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