What are the best activities and skills for 5-11yr olds and 12-17yr olds???

Question

Seems like most schools are not doing much and parents should play a bigger role? Children lacking in basic literacy and arithmetic skills, teenagers focussing more on gf/bf stuff than on studies, life-skills, etc.

Should schools do more and standardize certain things on a national level? Your kind thoughts appreciated.

Answer 1

i think so because for me moving to virginia my junior year sucked because according to the Commonwealth i wouldn't be equipped to graduate until i took a million freakin sol test which i think just undermine all students intelligence because they felt like minimum competency tests and another thing i noticed was that if you are not planning to go to college and further your education than you've wasted a lot of time in high school my school district lacked any kind of vocational skills classes, everything was to prepare you for college. i just thought it's not fully fair. sorry for going off on a tangent just was a little flustered.