#1weavile said:
Do you think that high school prepares you for the rigors of college or the the knowledge to go straight from high school to a basic job?
I would say no because most of the things that you do in high school, will not ever be used.
I think that high school trains us too broadly for college. If some students are confident in what they will be majoring in for college, why should they have to take subjects non-related to it? As an example, why should they take Chemistry if they are majoring in business? Now, with GPA, colleges look at it, and you're now graded based on all of the subjects, even the ones that don't matter to that field. Therefore, I feel that students, once they hit high school, should be allowed to pick whatever subjects they want. And, of course, the counselors should help the students by telling them which subjects would benefit them the most, and what classes colleges are looking for you to take.
The reason why most of the stuff in high school you will never use is because everything is too broad, as I previously said earlier. If we can narrow it down to what you actually will use, then I think that will help the process.
Lastly, a basic high school degree really won't help you much if you want to get to a dominant place in the society. Additional information will have to be learned, whether by college or by another person/society. You don't have to go to college to be successful, but you have to get the information from somewhere to exceed in that area. You can't just expect to be amazing at something, in most cases.
Juliacoolo said:
I highly disagree. Highschool teaches you social skills, and many other essentials.These skills will be needed throughout your life. Many colleges will only accept you if you had taken certain class. The only class I agree with you with is National history. I do not care, and never will care about when the Whiskey Act was passed (Example). I think history should be moved to an elective rather than a core subject once you are in highschool. Maybe just highlight the importants, instead of going over all the stupid details that we will just forget and never use while in elementary and middle school.
History repeats itself, and only by learning it can we correct our mistakes, or rather, keep on proceeding with our triumphs. Once again, however, I believe this can be situational depending on your career choice.
dragonpokemonpwn said:
I think High School teaches you useful stuff. But honeslty school 1-8 is useless.
For example in Science I am learning about clouds. Uhhh guess what. I'm not gonna need
that in my life! Sheesh! Oh and Social Studies (History) is 100% useless. IMO the only
usefull subject is Math (some of it).
Grades 1-8 is designed to teach you the basics of everything. From there, you should be able to see what your likes and dislikes are. Hopefully, then, you'll be able to plan your high school to better tailor what you actually like learning about and what you decide to do in the future.
CCloud said:
High school is a waste of time. It in no way gears you up for the real world, except maybe it helps you with social skills, as Juliacoolo says. When you get out into the real world, if it's straight from high school (and I will not speak for college as I have not attended it yet), the real world will hit you like a brick. You are taught nothing about how to make it financially; instead, you are taught things that will never apply to you 99% of the time, unless, of course, you are majoring in that area in college. High school does teach you something, though... It teaches you to rely on hand-outs on how to do everything, where in the real world, no one's going to give you anything. You must be independent.
High school is designed to prep you for college, so I don't really see how it's useless, unless you completely disregard what your requirements are for the college you plan to go to.
There are a couple classes, at least in my school, that shed a little light on the financial aspect of things. The three classes off the top of my head are economics, consumer math, and sociology. Obviously they aren't going into heavy duty saving tactics, but if you really wanted to get more in-depth with it, I'd recommend the book "The Millionaire Next Door." Basically the book talks about how most "rich" people don't really spend that much money. It's about compounding their money and spending the minimum possible. However, if one had more money, they were able to splurge a little more, as it's all based on percentages. However, I believe the concepts gone in this book are too advanced for one class to take on, which is probably why they haven't made it into one.
kashmaster said:
I will admit they do sugar coat how life will end up. They try and teach us that there are some who failed an education yet turned to millionaires. This for many will not be the case. Which is completely wrong to tell impressionable teenagers.
The only people who fail at high school/college that become wealthy are those that receive extra information from another source. They are not just equipped from the get-go the information to succeed. Those who simply drop out of high school have a very low success rate in the real world, which is probably why your teachers are frightening you guys. Using operant conditioning, they are showing you guys that hard work in the class will translate to a successful career, which is the outcome in most cases.
