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Re: The perfect math curr - Start at removing items
Posted by smarkham01 on 5/06/08

    On 5/06/08, ACP wrote:

    >
    > Let me preface my comments with I LOVE MATH. IMO math is very important to everyone
    > because of the logic and problem solving skills it builds if not for the direct
    > application of the math concepts and algorithms themselves.
    >
    > Now I will play devil's advocate. The fact is that most of the people in our society
    > seldom or ever use math above basic arithmetic. Paying bills, buying most items,
    > maintaining a bank account, and completing most jobs on a daily basis seldom need anything
    > beyond basic arithmetic. I'll be honest, when my kids ask me, "Why do we need to know
    > this stuff," I talk the company line, but in reality I have a hard time justifying a lot
    > of it myself.

    How in the world do you getup every school day to teach something you can't justify?


    > We live in a society of choice. Yet we don't think students and parents should have any
    > choice in what is taught in school. I am in favor of a cafeteria style approach to
    > education. In my world, there will be many parallel paths all leading to a high school
    > diploma. Each will be supported with a basic education of readin, writin, and rithmetic
    > at some level.

    But we DO give parents a choice and by proxy the students get a choice. WE elect folks who
    set the curriculum or, at the very least, we elect the ones who appoint the leaders who . .
    . . We seem to have problem electing, or accepting appointments, of people who believe that
    there are hard, fast rules that can be implemented. Want to see your dream plan become
    reality? Lets start kids in school at age 6, have them leave at age 16. The will attend
    school 8 hours a day, 10 and 1/2 months out of every year. Fortget every kid goes to
    college - that option will only be available for those who, by the age of 16, show the
    intellectual capacity and maturity to succeed. The others have a two year stint in a
    vocational training program (sound familiar yet?).


     
     

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