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Jedi Guy

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53. I suppose I should've clarified that my school experience was more than 20 years ago.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 06:18 PM
Nov 2022

I graduated in 1998. And though I also grew up in the south, I had the good fortune to go to one of the best schools in the state. When I was in high school, the honors and AP courses were very heavy on critical thinking and debate, much more so than rote memorization and regurgitation of facts. The AP US history exam, for instance, demanded that you have those facts memorized but also required you to understand/interpret what they meant and how they all worked together (i.e., the critical thinking bit).

I'm saddened but not surprised to hear that AP classes aren't turning out students that are better educated and prepared for university, though. I recall reading over the last several years that schools have drifted away from requiring students to write papers, which is putting their graduates at a huge disadvantage going into higher education. Essays and the like aren't required to hone critical thinking skills, I suppose, but they sure do help.

What kind of an education do kids get Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 #1
It's all part of Rupert Murdoch's master plan to destroy public education. Initech Nov 2022 #7
Civics classes are not cut Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #40
The failure in public education was illustrated in a lecture that I attended many years ago. Chainfire Nov 2022 #2
Some here believe what they read on Twitter Kaleva Nov 2022 #12
If you can wrap something in confirmation of what someone wants to hear Sympthsical Nov 2022 #37
I don't think our public education is amazing, but I disagree ColinC Nov 2022 #3
I have a TV and a radio in my car vlyons Nov 2022 #4
All of these things are major factors of course ColinC Nov 2022 #13
Why is it that ... Xoan Nov 2022 #6
Because fake news may fit a preferred narrative ColinC Nov 2022 #10
Thankyou. We allow money in elections, and the media get rich on the big lies. lindysalsagal Nov 2022 #38
The media goes where the audience is Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #41
Unfortunately newspapers are few and far between ColinC Nov 2022 #47
No, there is something else going on Cartoonist Nov 2022 #5
This is a good example - the difference between you and your brother FakeNoose Nov 2022 #11
My question is why all of a sudden. Cartoonist Nov 2022 #25
A literate, educated and critically thinking populace is ... Whiskeytide Nov 2022 #8
Doesn't explain why seniors tend to vote Republican Kaleva Nov 2022 #9
The Seniors RobinA Nov 2022 #15
None of the seniors I know vote Republican. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #21
Reminds me of the " Everyone I know voted for Carter" arguement back in 1980 Kaleva Nov 2022 #26
Anecdote isn't data. Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #42
It's a fact that the seniors I know are Democrats leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #50
There is no national curriculum. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #14
They may not be national Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #43
It's one thing to teach them, but watching treestar Nov 2022 #16
It points to a failure of moronic parents who thought Civics classes were boring & demanded ... Hekate Nov 2022 #17
Civics is taught in school Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #44
In Texas, ISDs are funded thru property taxes, which are very high vlyons Nov 2022 #18
It is the result of the 60 year war against public education Zorro Nov 2022 #19
Alas the established Christian Church is based on blind faith vlyons Nov 2022 #22
Yeah--so much tolerance Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #45
So true Mysterian Nov 2022 #20
How long before they enable themseles to steal all your assets vlyons Nov 2022 #23
I was in school during '50s and '60s. It was different. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #24
One didn't dare question what was taught by the teachers Kaleva Nov 2022 #28
We didn't dare question what our parents said, either. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #29
Yes. I'd rather live today then go back to how it was. Kaleva Nov 2022 #30
I was in school during the 60s and 70s Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #49
Back in the day, teachers could use physical violence against students Kaleva Nov 2022 #27
Our teachers weren't physucally violent. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #31
I had one teacher who'd grab us by the hair and lift us out of our seat. Kaleva Nov 2022 #33
Wow!. Most kids just didn't act up. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #35
Had a teacher who used to tap her very long nails Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #51
Humans are mean. Period. KentuckyWoman Nov 2022 #32
I remember the older boys making us younger boys fight each other Kaleva Nov 2022 #34
There was some pretty bad stuff that went on after school. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2022 #36
Yes they do teach civics. Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #39
The issue isn't that it's not taught in school. Jedi Guy Nov 2022 #46
The AP kids aren't all that much better about retention Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #52
I suppose I should've clarified that my school experience was more than 20 years ago. Jedi Guy Nov 2022 #53
All of this "In my day" yap GenThePerservering Nov 2022 #48
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