Comments on: High schoolers are taking tougher classes, getting better grades, and know less than students did a decade ago

By: Roo_ster

Roo_ster — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:21:18 +0000

I saw this first-hand for the one semester our child went to public high school. Geometry was a requirement to graduate, so the geometry course was so content-free as to be nigh useless. AS WAS EVERY OTHER CLASS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. True rigor was found only in courses well beyond the minimum requirement. In our child’s case, 1 in 7 classes was worth the time.

By: Contaminated NEET

Contaminated NEET — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:41:06 +0000

Burn all schools to the ground.
Salt the earth.
Send the teachers to labor camps.
Execute the administrators.
Liberate the children.

Lawfully, and with due process, of course.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:17:31 +0000

Plus activities too. They want the students to show activities on the application for the “best” schools. The rounded persons and not the “grind”.

Ever see these various tests given around say 1900 to gauge the proficiency for a high school student to graduate on the basis of their knowledge in addition to completing grade level? Most college students could not pass.

By: James

James — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:08:36 +0000

That’s called dysgenics. Demographics is destiny, Democracy is census, a Country its people.

Also, let’s not forget that education is a myth. We should be living is a wonderful world by now, with virtually everyone highly educated, with their graduations, the wonders of the internet, free knowledge, etc

But no, society has never been closer to ruin, and you know why? Because education doesn’t matter. It never mattered.

What mattered always was what is real: Mineral Resources, Arable Land, High Quality Elites, Energy Resources, a Reliable Labour Force, Good Engineering.