2007-01-20 22:17:19 · 14 answers · asked by sweetnbitter 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
better
new technology
more resources
more facilities....
2007-01-20 22:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to school in the 70s and 80s in Australia. I truly believe we had the best education of all time. We had open learning about everything including religon and Australian history (although it was sometimes either biased or inaccurate) and emphasis placed on learning the basics of the three R's. We were taught about other countries history as well and also given many extracurricalar activity choices. My parents generation got a limited education, mostly based on entering the workforce for men or the home for women, with very little room for extracurricular activities or the basics. My children also do not seem to need to learn the basics, such as the 3 R's, or basic maths even. They can graduate high school without being able to do simple sums or spell accurately. Whilst some of the things they are taught may be more accurate, it seems that education has been given a dumbing down at least here in Australia to the detriment of our children I believe.
2007-01-21 06:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by K M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say better, for the most part. I've seen a lot of my parents old school work/books and there was a lot of misinformation in there. Native Americans were 'savage Indians' and black people were mostly ignored unless they were used as an extreme example of something. Learning about other cultures/countries seemed to not be that important back then and the information seemed more biased. A lot of stereotyping and generalizations. I had a lot of college level course work in high school and my parents seemed to have focused on more basic things. They were learning in high school what I learned in 7th grade. I know girls were pushed more toward the homemaker or secretarial career. My mom took classes on shorthand/stenography.
I will say that my parents and grandparents seemed to have a better basic education in math. My grandfather knew trigonometry and he didn't make it past 8th grade (Catholic school). That wasn't even offered to me in school. I assume that math skills had more value back then since it was a time before computers. There was also more of a focus on being able to spell correctly and have proper handwriting.
I was in school in the 80s and 90s
my parents were in school in the 50s and 60s
2007-01-21 06:33:54 · answer #3 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My education was better because my Parents had to drop out at early ages to take care of their families and then raise their children, I got to graduate and I miss High School because I had alot of friends, I graduated 110 out of 650 students, for me that was really good.
2007-01-21 08:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the education these days is much better but in the old days there was more will to learn than these days.
2007-01-21 06:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes!
education gets better and better every second as i type this, coz people are discovering new sciences in the world new information that will be available for the next generations to learn...and so and so...etc.
and an example: HISTORY, the people who went to school before the ww1 did not study about it, while we study about it now!
thanks....*
2007-01-21 06:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Education gets better with every generation because of new teaching techniques, new knowledge and new methods of accessing that knowledge.
2007-01-21 06:21:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Probably. But for SURE, my kids' education is MUCH more intense than mine was. I'm up HOURS helping them. THANK GOD for the internet on some of their homework.
It's awful. And MUCH more than I had to deal with. (notice I left my husband's participation out of this conversation). *roll eyes*
2007-01-21 06:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Debi in LA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
better, dads generation rarely graduated and wasn't required to go beyond 8th grade, they learned only the basics and religion was stressed in ethnic catholic schools. billy is no genius but he did do better than that.
2007-01-21 06:24:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
education always improves ..with more detailed information and reading what we need to survice in the society. the society and situvations chages so not worth to compare with parents. Their time is different ( competation, situvation , need and all )
2007-01-21 06:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Naren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ! because they have raised the standard,s in the USA a lot!
2007-01-21 06:24:15 · answer #11 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋