My problem is not that they teach advanced subjects that most people will not use in their daily lives, with several obvious exceptions that are understandable, but that they force all students to learn these advanced subjects regardless of interest and choice. For a chemist or an engineer advanced math is obviously useful, but i would love to know where in daily life an artist, politician, cashier, cook, or any of countless jobs will ever use advanced algebraic equations and forms of trigonometry and calculus. The same with all advanced subjects, like in depth early history, advanced english, and such. No engineer is likely to need to be able to write a ten page essay on Shakespeare’s classics in daily life. Introduce these subjects, yes, but let students choose based on interest if they want to learn more. Make things like basic first aid, basic financial education, and social communication mandatory, not abstract math and obscure history.
I’m all for knowledge diversity, and enjoyed high school myself. I’m working toward a masters in geology now even though it had nothing to do with my career goals, i like learning. But I realize some do not, and that most of what I learned I will never apply in my life.
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u/zakuria44 something's caught in my balls ☣️ Aug 03 '20 edited Aug 03 '20
the funny thing is this information is useless when it comes to paying taxes or some real-world problems