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| Family & Parenting / 2:25 PM - Sunday June 28, 2009 |
if you could redesign high school....if you could redesign high school, and change the curriculum as you desired, what courses would you remove & what would you add?
- Asked by steve67, A Player, Male, Who Cares?, New York |
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Out with everything else, and in with...
- Response by bluegenel, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 36-45, Technical
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- How to live as an adult
- Response by alex86, A Hippie Chick, Female, 22-25
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I would condense the English back to doing as we learned it as writing & reading of essays and not taking books and breaking them down, more student writing. I would add a class where students studied evryday life, by going out and seeing how people live and work and not the the successful ones. Take to the homeless and jails, so students would see all.
- Response by lifestyle, A Father Figure, Male, 56-65, Houston
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I'm afraid my school would be an anomaly in the States. I would insist that people pass basic English grammar and basic math. Fine arts would NOT be the first programs to be cut, either - research has shown that active participation in the arts helps with your mental development. I would also discourage the prevalent state religion here, football.
- Response by myrtletyrtle, A Cool Mom, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?
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It has been so long since I was in high school. I don't even know what they're teaching as part of the curriculum now! So, I couldn't begin to tell you what I'd take out. But, *common sense, english composition and grammar, race relations, world religions, world history, cultural history, effective communication, astronomy, and the study of diseases, would be mandatory, not a selective. And, of course, the basics that somehow seem to be lost on this society; basic reading, writing, and math. Great question by the way! :-)
- Response by thelovedovefor1, A Creative, Female, 36-45, Atlanta, Who Cares?
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i would add mandatory life skills such as balancing bank accounts and being able to know what is polite and what is rude. also i would have it teach basic math for the grocery store and cash register. some many people seem to be lacking in manners these days it sometimes makes you wonder : are they that clueless or are the assholes?
- Response by 57alex, A Career Man, Male, 46-55, Providence, Transportation
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More reading, spelling, and english. The whole grammar thing.
- Response by almostsinful, A Married Girl, Female, 29-35
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Religious studies, art, english, road traffic studies........
- Response by spadeace, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45, Who Cares?
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The stuff that David Deangelo writes could be the basis for a whole course curriculum starting in the 8th grade.
- Response by chesterdad, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 56-65, San Francisco
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