May 17th, 2004, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Redwolf with a loaded queston like the DHMO one, it's hard to say with certainty | How is it a loaded question? Every single one of the "facts" on that DHMO site is true. Water is an industrial coolant. It's a major factor in acid rain (the rain portion  ). Inhalation of gaseous DHMO (steam) is very dangerous.
That DHMO poll isn't more misleading than any other poll.
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2) I beg to differ. From what I've seen of those older than me they use things they learned in HS alot. Especially Algebra (whether or not they realize it).
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I have yet to see that. For jobs dealing with numbers, the company will supply the worker with the formula, and maybe even a calculator.
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3) Heh. What does it have to do with High Schools? Slackers.....
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Being a slacker at school does not mean you are a slacker at life. The sad fact is that most people are slackers when it comes to school. Why do you think "remedial classes" exist? And why are there more remedial classes than matriculation classes? It's not because people in remedial classes are stupid, it's because they don't try; hence, they are slackers. If they don't want to learn, why should the system try to teach them?
The people planning to go to university want to learn, that's why they are in matriculation classes. The slackers do not see school as an asset and they are unwilling to learn, that is why they are in remedial classes.
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4) With the vocational classes taught in High School nowadays, that would be a big negatory there.
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My school never had any classes that were considered vocational training. There were CAD classes, and I took one of them, but it was basic and not enough to be able to list CAD as a skill on a resume. The automotive classes were also basic. Third year mechanics consisted of things like changing breaks on a car, doing wheel balancing (where all calculations are done by the machine, ahem, look back at #2), and basic engine maintenance.
I was a little quick to attack public education. I'm all for grades 1-8, I'm just against high school being public. Most people only use 1-8 knowledge anyway which includes geometry, algebra, trig, basic genetics (mostly about probability), most American history (good for making competent voters), some thermodynamics, simple probability, and order of operations (math). |
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