Education Discussions

Thats a great idea!!

Both very good ideas!  I only have really young kids, I wonder if there are schools out there that cover these topics in their curriculum?

I WORK IN THE SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM AND I SAY YES TO BOTH YOUR IDEAS

Agreed.

I think children should be educated in Science, Math and ENGLISH.  Forget the Politics and the Mother Earth worship and the brain washing by the leaders of the NEA.  We need to get back to the basics and teach children that some people succeed and some fail, and forget about how everyone'feels' about each other.  Kids always have and always WILL experiment with tobacco, drugs, alcohol and being rebelious to their parents and the system.  Just thank God that they grow up in a country that they can do these things (at least for now they can).

Our school have different programs they do through out the year, one week it could be about drugs, then sex education, then alcohol, it great for the children to learn all the things. We also have homemaking class for cooking and cleaning, sewing. Baby class that teaches everything about children, which they have to care for a baby that has a computer chip in its back. We have a business class in high school to introduce kids about money, banking, saving, paying bills! I think in my high school they teach alittle of everyday things. My 4 year old learned about the drugs and alcohol and tobacco in class when she was in Pre-K! I hope school continue to teach kids the everyday basic in life!

Proper hand tool use and maintenance should be taught.

Future consumers of products and services need some sort of base knowledge about tools and DIY procedures.

Informed consumers are smart consumers.

Smart consumers value their products enought to read instructions on use and care.

People who understand how their products work, can keep better care of the products, or be willing to invest money in someone else keeping care of the products.

Children need to learn reading, writing and math. Then they need to be taught to be tolerant of others and to be kind to others.

I think those are good Ideals.I also think swimming should be taught in all schools because so many kids do not know how.

Real life skills.  Balancing a checkbook, credit, ect.......And I would half to agree with AdamO.

I believe the aforementioned ideas are all great, however, I also believe that children should be taught these subjects with critical thinking skills and problem solving. It seems to me that so many curriculums now are geared toward passing the state mandated tests to receive grades for a school. Once the child performs well and the school receives its grade what has the child learned in the long run? How to memorize well?

    Both of those ideas are very good, schools should have a broad based learning system, so that all children benefit from it, and that the things they learn will begin preparing them for the big world out there.

yes! I don't know how to cook, sew, or fix anything around the house. I was never taught in school. My mom worked all the time and didn't know how herself so she couldn't teach me. That is a great idea!

Math! Not the funnest subject but definitely one of the most useful.

Well any home-ec or shop class would be a good idea.  And what do you mean Mother Earth worship?  Earth Study is a great thing to learn.  We are making great progress in cleaning up our declining planet.  If we do not teach how to continue this, we will only be worse off.

Spelling! After reading a lot of posts on this forum, kids need to be taught that "there", "their", and "they're" are not interchangeable. Neither are "your" and "you're" and "its" and "it's". Also, "here" and "hear", "break" and "brake", "would of" instead of "would have", and "lieing" instead of "lying"!

Math, grammar, english, sports, tools, cooking... everthing important, yes... but I agree with jfrancis3317: ..."to be tolerant of others and to be kind to others.".  This should be taugh not only in school, but starting at home. 

Got an "A++" in that one jfrancis3317!

Our schools have gotten away from the 3 r's and need to return there.  Not all children learn the same way and standardized testing serves no use.  Home-Ec and Shop classes are essential especially in these economic downtimes.  Part of the Home-Ec and Shop classes should include the use & care of gardening/farming equipment and the basics of gardening/farming for sustainability.  Without the 'Mother Earth Worship'  you would not have your high priced steak, crab, caviar and high class 'baby vegetables'.  Too many kids nowadays do not know where their foods come from (other than the grocery store).  Our local school system does have program for tobacco & drug/alcohol use but as another poster stated - they will experiment.  Kindness and tolerance are all good qualities but critical thinking and idealism are important also.

 We should concentrate on teaching Math, Grammar, English, Science and History. If they learn these they will have a foundation for higher education or the ability to live a productive and happy  life

hahahahahha!

one person said we need to start teaching kids to spell correctly...ahahahahaha!!!

But we shouldn't assume ALL kids will experiement. They DON'T! Some make excellent decisions when it comes to the law and their health.

LovingLife1 said…

Our school have different programs they do through out the year, one week it could be about drugs, then sex education, then alcohol, it great for the children to learn all the things. We also have homemaking class for cooking and cleaning, sewing. Baby class that teaches everything about children, which they have to care for a baby that has a computer chip in its back. We have a business class in high school to introduce kids about money, banking, saving, paying bills! I think in my high school they teach alittle of everyday things. My 4 year old learned about the drugs and alcohol and tobacco in class when she was in Pre-K! I hope school continue to teach kids the everyday basic in life!

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I was going to say the same thing, so rather than type it all out I'll just agree with you 100% and say that I'd love to see kids get an education in life how to skills.

It makes me sad to think that so many kids go off to college and ended up in trouble with credit cards and doing basic things that their parents should have taught them.

In addition to the things you've already mentioned, I'd like to see them learn CPR and basic first aid, financial details about how decisions made now or when you're young can totally mess up your financial future (or make it unpleasant due to high fees & rates due to a low FICO score), how to do your laundry, how to cook 10 meals that won't break the bank, basic car repair stuff like how to change your oil, fill up the fluids, change a flat. 

I agree with everything else mentioned here. And i definitely think that something should be done about the whole, "no child left behind" policy - i think instead of encouraging teachers to pass all their children, they should be tougher and fail more students. Instead of teaching to the lowest common denominator, they should teach to the smartest. If everyone in the class isnt up to snuff, thats alright - most of them will still pass with a mediocre grade, and the ones that had no clue will fail and sit through it for another year, and hopefully lern something then.

I also firmly believe "Gun Safety" should be taught late in elementary school. It wouldn't need to be something they did regularly, but maybe one week they would drop another class period to do it. We're not talking loaded weapons or firing at targets, either - just showing the basics of how to tell if a firearm is loaded or not. (They can use snap caps, specially designed gizmos shaped like a bullet designed to absorb the impact of a firing pin, but not actually fire.) They could spend about an hour a day alternating through types of firearms, a day on revolvers, a day on semi automatic pistols, a day with rifles, and a day with shotguns. The whole class would pretty much just be learning how to check to see if the weapon is loaded, and then the process of safely unloading it without firing it, and then take time to break them down and explain the basics of how they funcion.

I also think all public high schools should offer a continuation of the "Gun Safety" course as "Gun Control", that would be a semester long course that would actually culminate with hands on time at a range. Start out with a history of weapons, detail how various kinds work, and then start some basic target practice. I know a lot of people are anti-gun, but i think a key to making them safer is by teaching people more about them, including how to use them properly. (You know, kind of like how you get drivers ed for a semester.)

Problem is, at least in Texas that they now require high school students to have 4 maths, 4 science, 4 science and history.  They don't have room in their schedules for the fluff w/the 26 required credits!

Critical Thinking should be taught.

It is very difficult to have a Democratic system and rely on "informed" consumers, if they don't have some basic skills at evaluating information and the ability to account for "information provider's" bias in fact presentation.

Some people might call the above "Common Sense" - something that is difficult to "learn".

An introduction to Critical Thinking techniques would go a long way toward correcting a lot of difficulties in today's Information Age of misinformation.

Internet safety is a definite must, as well as:

1. Solid English, with emphasis on spelling and GRAMMAR.

2. Sex Education

3. Solid, real economics.  Like balancing a checkbook, and responsible use of credit.  Also, the REAL cost of discount on a world wide platform.

3. Real History, not the poppycock legends and half-truths.  Incidentally, Yankee Doodle is actually an insult to Amercans.

4. Basic mechanics.  Most  people who come in don't realize how most any appliance actually works, or the principles behind them.

5. Math, of course.

6. How to THINK.  Seems like these days most no one does.

Budgeting 101

hahaha yeah wish I was taught Budgeting!

I think both ideas are great...but how about this being added...somehwere through the educational process our nation's children should be taught some basic principles about our government...that it represents a lot of people with different ideas...and because of that we all need to be able to tolerate different perspectives...and realize that coming to comon ground through compromise is a truly American concept...one that has been beaten up by the extremists of all political bents...let's have children recognize that the differences between us do not necessarily require adversarial behavior...like so many unfortunate adults believe. 

Sometimes we have the common ground of having absolutely nothing in common at all.