I Like Philosophy

@SW-User Hardly anybody pursues careers in science. Teaching people more viewpoints and actually having them use their brain for more than the binary functions that they are used for in most of grade school science would help people to be more successful in a higher variety of ways.

@DeepDreamer Hardly anyone pursues careers in science? I don't know if you've noticed, there's a huge shift going on where more people actually are pursuing careers in science. While I see your point, I don't agree with having it as a core subject. That's coming from someone that is planning on minoring in philosophy.

@SW-User I'm sorry, a relatively small percentage choose careers in science considering that it is a core subject and the science that those people learned throughout most of grade school hardly has a bearing on a career in science at all anyways.

I respect your opinions, though. I can come off as quite hostile when I am debating with people and I am never quite sure when I am coming off that way.

@DeepDreamer I mean, even with few people choosing careers involved with science, even less are choosing careers involved with philosophy. I think that learning about it can be valuable. It can teach students a lot. But the purpose of school is to prepare them for the workforce and for college/university. And really, in school, they just teach the basics. You do the minimum and they let you decide if you want to continue with it.

@SW-User You're not getting my point. The focus of core subjects should not be on something that helps people in a specific line of careers. Look at the core subjects, do they line up with the most common careers? No. History wouldn't be a core subject if they existed to prepare you for a specific field. They are supposed to exist to prepare you for life, by teaching you to think properly. The expanse of philosophical subjects provide a massive arena for people to train their minds in, and trained minds are a massive factor in success. Besides, why should grade school train a person for a career? It should train them to handle life as an adult, considering that it takes children away from the family that would likely be teaching that to the children much better if the children weren't gone 8 hours a day.

@DeepDreamer Grade school has only math, English, and basic life science, man. How do you suppose philosophy could be taught in grade school? They're at a stage in their life when they are grasping and understanding the physical world. Sure, philosophy could help with critical thinking. But so can other things that don't require philosophy to become a whole new core subject. A lot of changes would need to be made. Not saying it isn't possible, but it isn't practical. Grade school teaches kids the basics. How to read, how to count, how our physical world functions. Philosophy isn't one of those basic things. You don't need philosophy to work at a convenience store. But you do need to know how to read and how to count. And with life science, you learn about how to protect your world, pretty much. Not sure about parents teaching their children "better" when many of them haven't even gone to school themselves, and when many of them have to work for a living. I can see critical thinking being taught. Which it is. It's applied to pretty much everything. But something as broad as philosophy seems like a bit of a stretch, you Know? Especially since you'd have to train teachers further and stretch the time at school over even more subjects, which could mean lower quality teaching and learning.