Originally posted by SVTNupe:
(1)Don't you think it'd be more beneficial if students went to school year round with periodic (maybe week long) breaks? (2)It seems quite an inconvienence when kids are off for three months at a time with parents who both work. (3)Plus it'd better prepare them for how the work force actually operates. (4)I think a revamping of our school system is in order!
(5)And where is the emphasis on finances?
(6)Individualized testing (and testing period)



1)if the sole purpose of this is to simply change the schedual then no. if the purpose of this is to make an education worth something by lengthening the school year to encompass the entire year in a system resembling what the japanese have then yes, we are in desparate need of this.

2+3)too bad. the real problem here is that many many parents have the inconvienence of children instead of the blessing of children. example: many times during the summer my father (self employed, hvac and appliance repair) would take me with him and teach me both about the business itself aswell as how business is conducted. i was kept busy and i managed to learn something at the same time. or sometimes i would help my uncle with his pool cleaning business. again i would learn about the business and business practices.

4)the school system needs revitalizing in the form of requiring students actually pass their classes by learning something but the place where the real revamping needs to take place is at home. parents alone are responsible for educating their children. the fact that they (as is the norm) choose to let the public school system take a primary role does not release them from this responsibility. example:i began kindergarten already knowing how to read because my parents taught me at home. they did not rely on the school system to do all the educating. rather the school system just expounded on things i learned at home.

5)at home. when i was a kid my mom would take my brother and i to the market with her to do the grocery shopping and explain to us the difference in value between the various size containers of whatever food and when each one would be appropriate. at the same time we were taught how to balance a budget. by the time my pathetic economics class came around in my senior year i had already learned the topics at home.

6)is generally too easy. over the years tests have been dumbed down so that no one will be offended or hurt by not understanding or having the answer to the question.

part of the problem, in my experience anyways, is the public school system purposely sets its standards far too low to accomodate the underachievers instead of forcing them to work harder. when i left private school and started forth grade in public school i found that the subjects were two years behind where my private school had been. even better, in my senior year i took g.a.t.e. physics as did my buddy and the girl who sat next to me. the problem was the girl next to her as well as much of the class took regular physics and we were all in the same class. how the hell are you supposed to teach an advanced class and a regular class effectively concurrently? that is a simple lack of desire to do the job right. stuff like this needs to be addressed immidiately and the schedual on which kids go to school has nothing to do with it.

00 black/tan svt, #2052 of 2150, born 2/1/00 formerly known as my csvt "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.