What is the point to a highschool english class?

Answer 1

it helps people look smart.

Answer 2

There is nothing more important than being able to communicate effectively. Studying the English language will help you to become a person that can communicate your ideas and thoughts accurately to others. You could be the smartest person around, but if you cannot communicate your knowledge to others, your knowledge is wasted.

If you are seeking a job, wouldn't you like to impress the person interviewing you with your skills? Of course you would. But if you do not have a command of the English language, you probably would fail to communicate just how good you are.

People judge other people by the way they express themselves. Using bad English is a big negative in most people's appraisal of you.

Maybe you think that you know how to speak English well after going through Grades K through 8, but I doubt that you have mastered the language at all. If I were you, I would spend as much time as possible studying the English language including grammar, spelling and sentence structure.

Answer 3

In high school English, you will learn the most basic fundamentals of the English language. You will most likely be ill-prepared for college-level English; so be prepared to study a little harder.

This forum is full of people that are woefully inept at English.

Answer 4

well there is a lot actually. i really suck at english a lot but now i have realized that there is so much of it in our everyday lives that help us to change and cope and understand the whole world around us. It lets us explore other possiblitites, explore other cultures. You can learn how a quote from a harry potter movie can relate to hester prynne in the scarlet letter. "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

good luck

Answer 5

Well, when I was in high school (when dinosaurs roamed the earth), English class was where you learned how to express yourself -- in complete sentences where subjects and verbs agreed, where spelling and punctuation were correct. We read and compared literature and drama.
I was able to parlay what I learned in high school English into a very interesting and fairly lucrative career in journalism (even though I never studied journalism in high school or university).
And my ability to write (and effectively BS) (thanks to high school English) got me through a lot of papers and exams in university.
Don't knock English. It can be a real ticket to an interesting career!

Answer 6

If you knew the answer to this question, you would've asked "What is the point of high school English classes?" Keep going and you'll figure it out for yourself.

Answer 7

It will help you in the future should you decide to learn what is being taught. There at least are two errors in your question...can you find them?????
Employers are not usually interested in employees who cannot read, write or speak properly!

Answer 8

To teach critical thinking, media analysis, awareness of social issues as well as grammar and contextual writing skills.

Answer 9

Formats! The most important thing to learn is the basic format of an essay.

Lead
Intoduction
Thesis

Transition
Statement relating to thesis
Example or qoute
Explanation
Example or quote
Explanation

Transition
Statement relating to thesis
Example or qoute
Explanation
Example or quote
Explanation

Transition
Statement relating to thesis
Example or qoute
Explanation
Example or quote
Explanation

Transition
Summary of points
Conclusion
Thesis

Answer 10

to learn english

Answer 11

Ugh..
I h8t it..
Always have.. always will...

IDK the point.

Used to like it.. In Middle school. The teachers got more boring.. and mean.. and boring.