Comment on Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months agoExcept education is not general, it is hyperfocused on topics that lead into higher education.
Comment on Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months agoExcept education is not general, it is hyperfocused on topics that lead into higher education.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I can agree with that to a certain extent, but how is math not general? How is understanding characters from a book not general?
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The general math and reading skills I learned stopped at 8th grade.
I didn’t need to write a 10 page paper on 3D trig for general math. Nor how to transpose a matrix.
I didn’t need to learn about, well actually in English I didn’t learn anything, we just kept doing the same imagery fan theorizing from 8th grade to graduation.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I don’t think that’s what most people learn in terms of math. If you’re not going to college you probably don’t need trig or calc, but a basic understanding of algebra and geometry is useful IMO.
Sounds like a problem with a shitty school or poor teachers, rather than a defect of English lit education in general.
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A significant share of people finish common core curriculum long before graduating. That’s why AP, IB, and other advanced courses exist.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I found why you think school doesn’t teach things that school definitely teaches.
aidan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Learn anything past 8th grade yeah. I took as advanced courses as were offered, but it didn’t teach anything new. Just a hire burden of homework. (That’s largely what IB classes were)