THE NOTION THAT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY FOR A "GENERAL EDUCATION" AS OFFERED BY AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS ...IS NONSENSE...AND IT IS FAILING BADLY...
IT'S LATE 19TH CENTURY BULLSHIT...
AFTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT AGE 13 OR 14.... KIDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO TRADE SCHOOL DIRECTLY... OR INTO SOME KIND OF SKILL TRAINING...FOR SPECIFIC JOBS...
THIS WOULD INTEREST THESE "CHALLENGED" KIDS MORE THAN ...A BULLSHIT GENERAL EDUCATION THAT DERIVES FROM THE EDUCATION THAT BRITISH GENTLEMEN'S SONS SOUGHT IN THE 19TH CENTURY...
HISTORY, LITERATURE...AND THE "LIBERAL ARTS" IS BORING TO MANY KIDS.....AND POETRY IS BULLSHIT FOR MANY...
MOST KIDS THINK...(RIGHTLY) THAT LIBERAL ARTS ARE BULLSHIT ...AND THEY ARE RIGHT...
IT IS TRUE THAT IN A PERFECT AND ENLIGHTENED WORLD WE WOULD ALL READ POETRY...AND CONTEMPLATE THE WISDOM OF THE "GREAT BOOKS"...
BUT WAKE UP...A-HOLE! ...THIS IS NOT A PERFECT WORLD...!
THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR MANY KIDS AND FOR SCHOOLS WOULD BE A REVERSION TO THE OLD SYSTEM OF TRADES, CRAFT AND SKILLS EDUCATION...EVEN APPRENTICESHIPS.
THE CURRENT CHALLENGED KIDS WOULD SEE IT AS PRACTICAL...AN NOT SOME 19TH CENTURY BULLSHIT CURRICULUM FROM ENGLAND...
CUT THE BULLSHIT ... AND GO TO SKILLS AND CRAFTS...AND THE KIDS WILL DO WHATS INTERESTING TO THEM...
WILL ANY OF THIS EVER HAPPEN...?
OF COURSE NOT... AND FOR THAT REASON EDUCATION IN AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL...AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BULLSHIT FORUMS LIKE "EDUCATION NATION...!"
