I Think About The Us Educational System
Actually, as someone from England it's the English system, but I couldn't find a group for that. What I question the most is how they work out the curriculum. There seems to be a limited amount of life skills taught compared to general academics.
I will give you an example: I have personally never used algebra and fail to use knowledge about the difference between atoms/ protons and neutrons (with the exception of trying to help my daughter with her maths and science homework despite how unlikely it will be that she uses them either), but the curriculum relies rather heavily on these kinds of facts.
However: the curriculum fails to teach things that people entering adulthood would find useful or essential. Examples include drivers ed (it's very expensive to learn how to drive through a private driving school yet many jobs require employees to hold a licence), the system behind how to vote, the system regarding how taxes work and methods in which they can be paid, how to search and apply for employment and general everyday adult stuff such as budgeting and paying bills etc.
I know some schools teach citizenship that may cover some of these aspects, and a few may cover others around the curriculum because they have personally worked out that it's a good idea for teenagers in particular to be interested in politics/ economics and worldwide events, but they are still skills being massively overlooked nationwide.
I am also aware that some parents go out of their way to teach their children these things around school hours (such as getting them involved in helping round the house with the cooking/ cleaning/ shopping/etc) but that still leaves a good number of naive teenagers, perhaps because their parents are equally as naive or are neglectful or simply don't have the ability to teach. Whatever the reason, I feel that although teenagers get a certain degree of choice regarding what subjects they learn when they hit GCSE stage (around 13 years old), there is also a missed opportunity for them to learn things they will have to know to survive everyday.
I will give you an example: I have personally never used algebra and fail to use knowledge about the difference between atoms/ protons and neutrons (with the exception of trying to help my daughter with her maths and science homework despite how unlikely it will be that she uses them either), but the curriculum relies rather heavily on these kinds of facts.
However: the curriculum fails to teach things that people entering adulthood would find useful or essential. Examples include drivers ed (it's very expensive to learn how to drive through a private driving school yet many jobs require employees to hold a licence), the system behind how to vote, the system regarding how taxes work and methods in which they can be paid, how to search and apply for employment and general everyday adult stuff such as budgeting and paying bills etc.
I know some schools teach citizenship that may cover some of these aspects, and a few may cover others around the curriculum because they have personally worked out that it's a good idea for teenagers in particular to be interested in politics/ economics and worldwide events, but they are still skills being massively overlooked nationwide.
I am also aware that some parents go out of their way to teach their children these things around school hours (such as getting them involved in helping round the house with the cooking/ cleaning/ shopping/etc) but that still leaves a good number of naive teenagers, perhaps because their parents are equally as naive or are neglectful or simply don't have the ability to teach. Whatever the reason, I feel that although teenagers get a certain degree of choice regarding what subjects they learn when they hit GCSE stage (around 13 years old), there is also a missed opportunity for them to learn things they will have to know to survive everyday.
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