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My moms high school suggestion

Has seen boyinaband's video? Or have you? Similar themes.



Watch on YouTube

By the way, he's doing a YouTube livestream tomorrow afternoon US time about how school curriculum should be updated.

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As for the question, I think that rather than just swapping out some required classes for some other ones, education needs to adapt to help people learn how to learn, and pursue interests. That includes life-relevant learning, like about spending money, making agreements, and so on.

But that need not be "instead of English." It should be instead of forcing people to waste their time in classes where they aren't learning (which might include their English class.)
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My moms high school suggestion - Missile - 03-04-2015, 09:12 AM
My moms high school suggestion - SoulRiser - 03-05-2015, 05:20 AM
My moms high school suggestion - SoulRiser - 03-05-2015, 07:34 AM
My moms high school suggestion - xcriteria - 03-06-2015 12:41 PM

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