I do hate how school is all about rewarding you for regurgitating false information that they’ve been feeding you since you were three… Columbus was not a hero and I’m tired of people acting like he was! Yet When that test came up first grade. And I called him a colonizer and a murderer. Apparently, that wasn’t the answer that the teachers were looking for…. I was in the principals office and it was explained to me. It doesn’t matter how it really was only what we were taught in school.
I really wish I was homeschooled… History class was a joke… we just had to regurgitate false information… And we’re supposed to feel good about that A on our test paper!?
That's one problem with basic education, it doesn't really teach you anything in depth just the general picture. You probably didn't have the same issue with other classes like biology or chemistry, the basic curriculum is not really up to date with the scientific consensus but as a child you didn't know that.
Classes like history are hard, teens start to develop political opinions and teachers are not exactly qualified to engage with them and to be fair to them they would be punished by the administration if their opinions caused parents to complain.
No, I didn’t have that problem in other classes. I had another problem with other classes and they were pretty irrelevant stuff that would never get used for the rest of my life. Like the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. How many times have I use that in my adult life?
Why didn’t my classes include how to fill out an application? To pass the job interview. How to file for my taxes. How to maintain intake care of my vehicle.
Instead, I learned of Pythagorean theorem… I’m sure everybody uses on a daily basis😒
You probably did not go into any scientific field so basic knowledge on those areas is probably useless to you but to some people those classes were an introduction. The same applies to them, I know stem majors resent wasting time learning basic humanities.
I don't think introducing teens to different areas of knowledge is mutually exclusive with teaching them life skills.
At what age should teens be allowed to pick specialized education or training? It would be an overkill to say "if they didn't enjoy math in elementary school they shouldn't be introduced to algebra".
Then why not just teach the basics? Stuff that actually gets used. Math is great. But the Pythagorean theorem used to not be taught until college… where you had the chance to choose what you wanted to do…
You know Japanese schools spend the first couple of years in life teaching kids, basic manners and how to clean up after themselves as well as cook. This may be a good start for America… teach kids how to be polite in full of manners… teach them how to regulate their emotions… then we get into the actual history and social studies when they could actually process what that means…
Teaching them that at such a young age, just like teaching them sex ed when their babies… it’s kind of useless and in one ear and out the other… they’re just regurgitating useless information that you tell them…
And don’t get me starting on sex ed either. As an 80s baby in the 90s kid. We were taught that women peed out their clit… we were not told that we had three holes down there… teachers were too shy and embarrassed to tell us the truth… and this is why at 12 years old I thought that you only got your period once and that was the end of it… they didn’t tell us said that you get it for a week every month… they made it sound like you just got it and that was the end of it… I just figured my mom and sister had that box of tampons because they were waiting for her to get hers and after a while the tampons went bad and that’s why we had to keep getting a new box…
My sex ed class consisted of a video of a sperm made in an egg in the various developmental stages of the fetus… that is all… then they briefly explained to us… that you don’t have to worry about getting pregnant until after you had your first period… happens around 12 to 17 years old… They were too afraid to go into detail… never even learned about condoms… There was so much that we didn’t even hear about in that class… which is why kids grow up believing that you could get pregnant in a public pool… and babies come out of your butt… because you pee out of your vag…
I am saying that we need schools to start doing better… stop shying away from the truth… Stop saying it’s too complicated… or you’re afraid you might offend some people… teach us the real history… don’t teach about black slaves. What about the Irish slaves? What about the white slaves that are being sold right now? What about the fact that women in other countries don’t get to enjoy a lot of the luxuries that we do… like not being falsely accused, and then dragged out in the street to be stoned, just because they showed a bit of skin around their ankles…
We need more truth, and useful information in our education… but they don’t want to give it to us because, smart kids won’t work. They’re ridiculous menial jobs… and smart people won’t take their mediocre pay… so they done must stand with useless information
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u/TheOriginalLiLBraT 4d ago
I do hate how school is all about rewarding you for regurgitating false information that they’ve been feeding you since you were three… Columbus was not a hero and I’m tired of people acting like he was! Yet When that test came up first grade. And I called him a colonizer and a murderer. Apparently, that wasn’t the answer that the teachers were looking for…. I was in the principals office and it was explained to me. It doesn’t matter how it really was only what we were taught in school.
I really wish I was homeschooled… History class was a joke… we just had to regurgitate false information… And we’re supposed to feel good about that A on our test paper!?