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Milk2Go · 02-03-2009 10:56 AM

We learn all of these things in school. I'll use DNA as an example. We're learning all of these things... why? Because some day, somebody might choose a career in it? That could happen. Let's say someone gets a career studying DNA. That's great and all, but what's the point? Great, you know about DNA. We know its structure and what it does. But then what? There's no purpose. It's completely useless. There's no practical use for it. Sure, we could modify peoples' DNA and cure them of diseases, but there are some things humans just weren't meant to mess around with. Modifying DNA can cause mutations we weren't expecting, and that'll only continue to fuck up humanity.

So why are we learning this in the first place?

MM · 02-03-2009 11:02 AM

Some people are interested in learning certain things. Some people may be interested in algebra, and they have the ability to learn those things that they may not be able to learn at home. But, for the other 99 % of the kids, there is no fucking point. You can learn more out of school than in it.

classclown · 02-03-2009 11:15 AM

thats why school should be kept basic. every time a kid asks "what job is this used in?" . they should have a nice big list, not this 1 or 2 careers that no one does.

Fire Elf · 02-03-2009 01:00 PM

classclown Wrote:thats why school should be kept basic. every time a kid asks "what job is this used in?" . they should have a nice big list, not this 1 or 2 careers that no one does.

No, it's why schools should be more democratic, students deciding what they want to study (and if nothing, they shouldn't have to go). To be honest the schools today are actually very basic and one-size-fits-all. They are not a place of learning, rather, they are a place where one is dumbed down and trained to be a McSlave.

Bob Dole · 02-03-2009 01:23 PM

Fire Elf Wrote:
classclown Wrote:thats why school should be kept basic. every time a kid asks "what job is this used in?" . they should have a nice big list, not this 1 or 2 careers that no one does.
No, it's why schools should be more democratic, students deciding what they want to study (and if nothing, they shouldn't have to go). To be honest the schools today are actually very basic and one-size-fits-all. They are not a place of learning, rather, they are a place where one is dumbed down and trained to be a McSlave.

Yes. Schools today try and make people learn all these different things that never end up helping later on in life. While being intelligent and being able to learn is important, schools should focus on preparing people for whatever career path they want to take. Seriously, no more 1 1/2 credits of Phys. Ed., 3 credits of Math, when somebody wants to go work as a fisherman or carpenter or something after they graduate.

classclown · 02-03-2009 03:14 PM

yea except teachers cant be narrow minded anymore then. what they should try is like a academy school when they focus on a main thing. or make middle school more like high school. so you can choose what you want. cause they could teahc all the basic in like 2 yrs. if they stoped stretching it out for more money to the school.

Faby · 02-03-2009 07:18 PM

I may not know about America, but here, in Retardia, we have a concept known as "general culture" (cultura generala - something like... common stuff that everybody HAS to know, except it's not so common).

It is used as a scapegoat for everything boring, useless, or that which has nothing in common with the career we choose in life. They always chuck that concept down our throats, with the excuse that "every European citizen has to know these things!". The reason why, or the reason why I would want to partake in such a shallow thing, is beyond me.

Don't take me wrong, I believe everybody should know as much about the world as they can, with the condition that they do it of their own accord. But to impose such a standard - in the end, how is it different, let's say, from fashion?

1. They're both standards. You have to wear x shirt to be cool. You have to know x capital of the world to be cool.
2. People suffer from not adhering to the standards, and are considered outcasts and primitives (slight exaggeration here, move along).

But then again... that applies to many things. Nevermind that, what I wanted to say is that it's a "kettle and pot" thing for school to criticize fashion, or anything else that works on a standard basis.

Yeah, sorry about the decentralised thoughts.

PunchingYou · 02-06-2009 02:42 PM

lol when i asked my teacher when i would need to use chemistry she told me like.. okay "your dog is sick! oh no! but the vet gave you 140mg of medicine for a dog that weighs 20 pounds, your dog weighs 40! see now that you took chemistry you know that you have to use a double dose.."

yeah common sense, 140 x 2 = 280.. fucking 5th grader could do that

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