2006-09-20 11:15:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The point of the educational system is to keep you gullible.
2006-09-20 11:18:31 · answer #1 · answered by mad alan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Math education is one of my sore spots. While doing mission work in a supposedly "third world" country, I found myself helping the 7TH GRADE daughter of one of the missionaries there study for her upcoming CALCULUS exam. Come to find out that the normal 6th grader in her school was taking calculus so she was a year behind them. At the same time, she was about 4 years ahead of the average US school system - or more. Many schools do not offer calculus.
In order for the US education system to catch up, Calculus 1, Discrete math, and statistics (calculus based, not the watered down "behavioral sciences" version) should be the MINIMUM requirement for an Elementary teacher and secondary math teachers need Calculus 2 & 3, DiffyQ, Linear Algebra, Linear Programming/Operations Research...
2006-09-20 11:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone wants prayer in schools and Bible verses on walls of schools I see. Many of our Founding Fathers would disagree. Thomas Jefferson didn't want the Bible taught in public schools. Well, that is contrary to the First Amendment that forbids a state religion. If one is going to be allowed to put the Ten Commandments everywhere, we must also put Buddha's Eightfold Path and verses from the Koran, Bhagivadgita, Tao Te Ching, Confucian Analects, Eddas, Sutras, etc., etc. beside them. We won't have room for anything else and will need to build bigger schools to hold all of this stuff. One way to begin to stop gullibility is to throw out intelligent design that is just Genesis creation thinly-disguised in pseudo-scientific garb. Teach true science, not such nonsense.
2006-09-20 11:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the subject but unfortunately, the education system is not well equip to teach student how to weigh arguments world views and think
and to get a student to speak up for an unpopular view is alot tougher with teens than it sounds and it takes a rare student to do it
you can see evidense of this in the intelligent design controvery which is a relatively mild view where groups fight tooth and nail NOT to allow even a possible discussion of a designer
you also see hints of this in many states where a teacher may not even allow discussion of the scientific weaknesses of evolutionary theories
these are more examples of telling students what to think and not teaching them how to examine issues more critically
2006-09-20 11:23:06 · answer #4 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The US education system? Oh, you mean public schools! Well now, let's see. The public schools you seem to revere are in direct violation of the 10th amendment, which states that the government has no business in education. The idea of a public school system came from the communist manifesto, which said that in an ideal society, the government will educate children.
2006-09-20 11:25:19 · answer #5 · answered by p2of9 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US education system does fairly well. It is the churches that teach you to be gullible.
2006-09-20 11:18:47 · answer #6 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
As long as the education system is run by socialists, it'll never stop.
2006-09-20 11:23:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry folks, genetics plays the biggest part here. You can't teach brain functioning. You either got it or ya don't.....
Public schools have become Giant DayCare facilities for parents who don't know what their job is, who don't even know why they wanted kids, and who don't know what to do with them anyway.....
What unselfish reason do you have kids anyway?
2006-09-20 11:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by GobleyGook 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm... wait... does this have to do with local taxes and the miserable salaries teachers are paid?
Honestly: we tried the metric system. It just wasn't... ummm... easy.
2006-09-20 11:18:05 · answer #9 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the late 1950's they still allowed prayer in School and allowed the ten commandments to be displayed on the school wall...... The problems in the classroom at that time where modest compared to the problems teachers and schools face today......Could there be a correlation? I think so.....
2006-09-20 11:19:42 · answer #10 · answered by AlanElaine 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋