Should societies introduce some kind of philosophical or psychological studies for secondary school students?

Question

...So as to arrest the depressing trend of teenagers problems' and parents' despair?

Positive and creative answers appreciated!!

Answer 1

No, they wouldn't get it.

Answer 2

Well, I dont know. It seems this could produce a new generation of even more jaded teenagers. It might just suck all of the motivation out of them earlier than later once they realize that it all is pretty meaningless.  

Answer 3

Psychology was already a standard course requirement when I was still in school. Has that changed?

As for philosophy, while a focused class is a good idea, it shouldn't be necessary just for the purpose of exposing students to philosophy. Each and every single subject taught in any level of education has a philosophical angle to it by default - it's pretty much unavoidable. The only way -not- to pick up on any philosophy whatsoever (especially in subjects like civics or history) is to have an extremely bad teacher. In many ways, a course -just- for philosophy would be redundant. Or it -should- be, at least. Philosophy is a natural human activity, we do it no matter the setting or the subject at hand.

Answer 4

I had philosophy, psychology and humanities in high school and those classes were filled with the most insane and degenerate people I ever met. I think its a great idea to degenerate another generation of High School student with philosophy and psychology.

Actually some friends of mine were teaching philosophy to 1st and 2nd graders, and those kids understood very deep concepts and had their heads on straight. Maybe if we taught ethics and logic in 1st and 2nd grade we would have the kind of kids you are looking for by HS.

Answer 5

You know, as someone minoring in psychology, I have thought of that a lot. I think it would surely benefit a lot of kinds. I don't know if it would necessarily abate problems, but I can't see how it would hurt. In those turbulent times lol, I think that learning more about human behavior will only ease a few of the questions and tensions most teens feel. Also philosophy is a great basis for learning to think and argue clearly which could help in a lot of areas. I really think that it would be a great idea to implement something like that instead of some of the other silly classes they offer students. I also think we should introduce foreign languages a little bit earlier because it is depressing how uncultured the US is, but that is another topic I suppose :)

Answer 6

No because most teens don't care about learning about stuff like that. I was bored all the way through high school because I pretty much knew how to do everything besides math and physics, but who cares about math and physics. more than half the American population knows nothing about the two subjects, but that's what schools stress. So, I doubt that school authorities care about incorporating something as beneficial as Psychology and Philosophy into their curriculum.