High School Subjects that Should be Taught

[Skwim]

and some that shouldn't.

After reading thousands of discussions her on RF, both my own and others, I've concluded that it's a great disservice to our children not to include a high school class on logic and clear reasoning.



On the other hand, because my high school had the materials with which to teach type setting by hand, (I'm sure they went back to the twenties or thirties) that's what I learned in one of my "shop" classes; an antiquated process by which each metal letter is individually placed in a galley

inked, covered with a sheet of paper, and then rubbed over with a rubber roller, which revealed our name and address, or some other inane message we were told to create. It was incredibly boring and totally irrelevant to any job in the printing industry.

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[Father Heathen]

My high school's computer programming class taught qbasic, which was obsolete even then (late 90's). It was fun, and I received an award for it (I finished assignments weeks in advance just so I could screw around and write my own programs), but it was ultimately useless and I've long since forgotten how to code with it.

I think schools should invest far, far less attention and funding on having the kiddies chase balls around. Give the coaches a mop and bucket and have them go do something useful.

 

[savagewind]

I think that more life skills should be taught in school. Record keeping. Buying and selling. Finances. Marriage. Relationships. Food shopping.

 

[savagewind]

and some that shouldn't.

After reading thousands of discussions her on RF, both my own and others, I've concluded that it's a great disservice to our children not include a high school class on logic and clear reasoning.



On the other hand, because my high school had the materials with which to teach hand type setting, (I'm sure they went back to the twenties or thirties) that's what I learned in one of my "shop" classes; an antiquated process by which each metal letter is individually placed in a galley

inked, covered with a sheet of paper, and then rubbed over with a rubber roller, which revealed our name and address, or some other inane message we were told to create. It was incredibly boring and totally irrelevant to any job in the printing industry.

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Do you really believe that logic and clear thinking can be taught?

 

[Father Heathen]

Do you really believe that logic and clear thinking can be taught?

Yes. Critical thinking classes are an actual thing.

 

[Skwim]

My high school's computer programming class taught qbasic, which was obsolete even then (late 90's).

I think schools should invest far, far less attention and funding on having the kiddies chase balls around. Give the coaches a mop and bucket and have them go do something useful.

About sports in high school. For some time now I've held that one of the driving forces behind high school sports, particularly football, baseball, and basketball, was the need for college funding from moneyed alumni who loved to support their alma mater because of its sports achievements, all of which depended on enrolling promising high school athletes.

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[Eliab ben Benjamin]

and some that shouldn't.

After reading thousands of discussions her on RF, both my own and others, I've concluded that it's a great disservice to our children not include a high school class on logic and clear reasoning.



On the other hand, because my high school had the materials with which to teach hand type setting, (I'm sure they went back to the twenties or thirties) that's what I learned in one of my "shop" classes; an antiquated process by which each metal letter is individually placed in a galley

inked, covered with a sheet of paper, and then rubbed over with a rubber roller, which revealed our name and address, or some other inane message we were told to create. It was incredibly boring and totally irrelevant to any job in the printing industry.

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Wow , that was my first paid job age 16, Linotype setting for the News in Adelaide ..

 

[Father Heathen]

I think that more life skills should be taught in school. Record keeping. Buying and selling. Finances. Marriage. Relationships. Food shopping.

I agree. Kids should learn basic home repair and general car maintenance.

 

[Skwim]

Do you really believe that logic and clear thinking can be taught?

Absolutely. I had a great introductory course in my freshman year of college. And there was nothing so difficult that it couldn't have been taught in 11th or 12th grade high school.

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[Kemosloby]

The purpose of education is to make you diligently do meaningless tasks that you care nothing about, perfectly preparing you to enter the workforce.

 

[savagewind]

Yes. Critical thinking classes are an actual thing.

Yes, but I think they are attended by the people who already have it and just want to hone it.

 

[savagewind]

I agree. Kids should learn basic home repair and general car maintenance.

There used to be car maintenance for the boys but not at the regular high school.

 

[Skwim]

Wow , that was my first paid job age 16, Linotype setting for the News in Adelaide ..

Errr. . . Linotype is worlds away from setting type by hand.

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[savagewind]

Absolutely. I had a great introductory course in my freshman year of college. And there was nothing so difficult that it couldn't have been taught in 11th or 12th grade high school.

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Yes. I agree that such thinking can be taught, but only to people who already have the knack, imo.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Yes. Critical thinking classes are an actual thing.

and it works, most of the time. Sometimes not, because some people think they are so smart that they don't need to pay attention to what adults have to say

 

[Father Heathen]

Yes, but I think they are attended by the people who already have it and just want to hone it.

I think anyone could benefit from them.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

About sports in high school. For some time now I've held that one of the driving forces behind high school sports, particularly football, baseball, and basketball, was the need for college funding from moneyed alumni who loved to support their alma mater because of its sports achievements, all of which depended on enrolling promising high school athletes.

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Yeah, pretty sure that describes the situation, at least in the US of A

 

[savagewind]

I think anyone could benefit from them.

Hopefully, yes. But it seems to me that it is something like hair color. It can be changed, but it is fake.

 

[Father Heathen]

There used to be car maintenance for the boys but not at the regular high school.

My high school had it too, but only a small proportion of students attended those classes.

 

[Skwim]

Yes. I agree that such thinking can be taught, but only to people who already have the knack, imo.

Not that I had any trouble with high school algebra and geometry, but I found both more complex and demanding than my college logic course.

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