Our education system is a mess. what would you say are the things we as Americans should have knowledge of?

Question

rather than teach our children unnecessary things why do we not teach them to be good citizens and understand the constitution? why is that so unimportant to us? why are we taught things which are useless to us. why isn't education like OJT teaching us what we will need to know in a future world not just recess.

Answer 1

Judging from many of the questions posted on this forum today, how to put together a coherent sentence may not be a bad place to start.

Answer 2

I think that children need to continue learning the basics, for obvious reasons.  They do need to know reading comprehension, writing skills and math skills. What I would like to see more of are the skills that colleges push professors to teach to college students.  Some of these skills and concepts include: complex thinking skills, ways of thinking out of the box, and also diversity related classes.  High schools have been changing towards a more college like environment, and young adults are certainly capable of developing such skills early.  Why wait until college to teach such things?

Answer 3

Because in the USA its pretty much socialist now. remember they have taken GOD out of the school system now!! there's your problem!!!

Answer 4

I agree. A return to the basics is needed. Push reading, math, science, civics, history and shop classes. The first three are so important to getting ahead in a competitive job market. The next two are needed to educate us on our present and past mistakes and successes as a country and teaches about our government. The last should be available as not everyone will be going on to a college and some great basic manual skills can be learned. Many of today's entrepreneurs had shop classes. Other classes in multiculturism and other types of classes can be made available as electorates after the basics are taught and passed. Too many of todays schools are producing children who can't read well enough, do simple math problems, are mystified by basic scientific processes and have little to no knowledge of our country's history or how our government works. Very important to know to make educated choices in our elections.

Answer 5

History, civics, geography, and grammar need more emphasis in my opinion.

Answer 6

Decode this lyrics " Nineteen Seventy-Three"

The Dos.

Disk operating system.

That was lost with time.

The basic foundation of living human kind.

Vital for the survival and advancement of living human kind in time.

Not science and mathematics.

Science and mathematics is the advancement of skills and technology.

Without  the DOS.

How do we expect the little ones to survive in the real world in time?

Look in the real world.

How the young one live in misery blindly searching for it.

Without being aware on what cause the emptiness in the lives.

The mystery of being " Born again"

The process that each and every young one that did not go through.

While the Elders had it back in the past without being aware of it.

When the gifts of life was hidden by God with a purpose for the good of mankind in time.

After the loss of our creator's universal gifts of life that was lost with time without being aware of it.

Being expose by the mystery of us-911.

Luke 8.5-8,10-17

What do you think?

Answer 7

We need to Reform our obsolete and inefficient anglo-monolingual educational system

Answer 8

The very first thing we should all have knowledge of is proper spelling , use of capitals , punctuation , etc .

There will be times when you will be judged by your writing and speaking skills .

Answer 9

Recent history.. Like the past 60 to 70 years.

The problem started with FORCED integration. The gov took over and the teachers lost control.

Should have let students go where they wanted to.

I'm for vouchers and competition among schools just like other businesses. Competition always makes us better.

Answer 10

Like... Children need to learn Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry, Language Arts, Literature, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, s*x Ed.... Because those are needed in many subjects. The point of our mandatory schooling is so that people have a basic knowledge of everything and they can choose their careers without learning everything from scratch.

But bad budget management, Standardized schooling, and other c**p that the government does is the real problem.

Answer 11

Our education system is a mess for 3 reasons:

1) The decline in the American family.

2) Liberals run the schools.

3) The mismanagement of funds.

Answer 12

Focus on becoming free:

-history (especially how peoples have become dependent in the past...and how free peoples have lived together without eroding each others' freedom)

-health (how to eat, exercise, and rest for optimal health)

-wealth (history of evil usury, how to get and stay debt-free, how to setup and run a business, etc

-argriculture

-how ot build houses and make clothes

-military (how to shoot, organize in groups, attack)

-basic medical practices

-decent reading, writing, and math skills

These will build a foundation of freedom. From it people can specialize in fields they like.