No quitting school at 16.
I'm saying 12 years and you stay to graduate,even if it takes until you're 21.
12 months a year.
Get suspended and spend your suspension in the county jail.
Expelled,back to the county jail until the schools take you back.
A demanding curiculum and an average grade of 75 to pass to the next grade.
Lack of education is the road to poverty,it's time to close the road,the bridge is out.
Teachers want more but the taxpayer isn't getting his moneys worth.
When they graduate the uneducated they condem that kid to a life of poverty and maybe crime.
2007-10-23 05:47:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
not only do we need to "change" the rules governing the children....we have to change the system itself.... change it back to what it is meant to be....a place of learning the basics....that's right...
readin', writtin' and 'rithmatic....the three R's....
there was no such thing as pottery when i went to high school...there was no class to teach basket weaving...we didn't get to pick and choose all our classes.... and we didn't have "free" hours spread throughout the day...
we had 4 years of english....4 years of math....4 years of history...and 4 years of science...
we were taught good citizenship....and how to respect the place we live...be respectful to others...respect our flag....and we were taught just how lucky we were to be born here....
we said the pledge of allegiance every morning...and had a prayer to start our day...
we were expected to work...to learn...and if we got caught being...for lack of a better term..."naughty"...we had our bottoms warmed.....
there was discipline within our schools....
and i don't recall ANYONE ever being shot at school! there were however some of the "boys" who brought their pick up trucks with the gun rack full in the back window....go figure huh?
we were taught responsibility.... and how to take responsibility for our own actions....
lord! try that in a school nowadays....
see.... now students have "rights"... and we can't "abuse" them by holding them accountable.... we can't demand their best because oh my goodness....
what if little johnny does better than little suzie? we must lower expectations so that all can "pass"....and we can't be politically incorrect, now can we?
we don't challenge our students anymore... we reward slovenly behavior....we glorify the ones who can't read... we coddle the complainers and give authority to the children!
whose fault is that? why have we been so blind as to allow our schools to become so..... politically correct? sending wrong messages to our children... we stand by and allow it to happen.... giving our unspoken consent ... allowing our children pay the price for that silence....
2007-10-24 13:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with everything, however our school systems suck. They have standardized tests that dont work for everyone. Some students are horrible at math but when it comes to knowing law they are amazing. Others hate science but love art and music. So is it fair to the students that are talented in one dicipline to be forced to pass another. Now quitting at 16 that would not happen as much if we did not have so many government programs taht supported these drop outs. We have systems that say sure drop out and we will pay your way. That is what we must first get rid of, because if there is no insentive to do well they wont and we will all have to pay for it.
2007-10-23 05:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by maryland6077 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe.. It's society and pop culture that is mostly to blame for the downfall. There are so many other things going on, so many things to keep you busy... It's no surprise kids don't want to learn. They'd rather be playing video games, or listening to music, or watching tv, or shopping, or hanging out with their friends, or talking about who is cute, or worrying about some other kind of social structure situation. I went through school in the 80's-90's and could see it get worse.. Now I can see it being even more of a problem..
Something has to change.
2007-10-23 06:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Problem: Can delivery of a favorable outcome be assured when all rules are followed?
I know people who toed that line and stayed on their best behaviour. The system promised to make them commanders of society, only to relegate them to years of flipping hamburgers or to saddle them with five or six figures of college debt and the mere possibility of an elusive "decent job".
Change education first to deliver the skills that people will need. Otherwise there better be one hell of a carrot at the end of this stick.
2007-10-23 06:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by knoodelhed 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
many countries alongside with our have had a metamorphosis of while training is mandatory by making use of regulation. It has grow to be the age of 18 years. The u . s . a . communities have attempt to make it greater person-friendly in different countries by way of learn exhibiting that ailment, and famine is far less in all probability while a inhabitants is greater knowledgeable. Therfore stress for each age and sexes to be knowledgeable have become greater manditory to the age of being seen an person by making use of each and every contries difficulty i wish this responded your question interior the US you are able to opt to bypass away college by making use of taking a GED on the age of sixteen in all 50 states
2016-10-07 11:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't make children learn. You must help them WANT to learn.---Keeping them in school longer won't solve the problem.
There have been a few teachers who have been able to turn failing students around, but other teachers don't seem to be interested in copying these techniques.
I could never understand why teachers ignore the effective teaching methods that have been proven to work.
Perhaps, many simply don't care enough.
2007-10-23 07:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's even less mandatory than you think - thanks to the home-school trend.
Some states, like Ohio put standards on home schooling and other states have no requirements to prove that the child is being educated at all, such as Texas.
2007-10-23 05:59:29 · answer #7 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I love it! BUT (ya, there's always a but), we should improve the school systems first. California's educational system is among the worst in the country. Let's start here!
2007-10-23 08:12:30 · answer #8 · answered by Tink 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, and no more of this home-school BS that religious freaks use to brainwash their kids.
Abusive households (sexual abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence) just LOVE home-school. The kids don't stand a chance.
2007-10-23 05:55:12 · answer #9 · answered by Joe R 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
You can lead an idiot to education, but you can't make him think. Honestly...if a person is not interested in learning, all you are doing is wasting taxpayer dollars keeping him in school.
2007-10-23 05:56:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋