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SnooHesitations3687 , Michael Pollak Report

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group That your entire self worth is based off of a letter and score.

Final score:

267points

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Steffen Rehm 3 years ago

For reasons, this should be higher.

55points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group “Cheaters never prosper.” Yeah cheating is bad, but trust me, they prosper.

Paratrooperkid , J Yochem Report

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244points

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VesselTrenchBlurryface 3 years ago

haha yes (again)

29points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group That classical literature is the end all be all of reading. I get some books have cultural significance, but that doesn't warrant a 6 week in depth analysis of a book kids can't relate to, with most being about challenges they will never face, culminating in an essay that's basically "I understood it" repeated over and over backed up by quotes.

If you want your kids to never touch a book in their lives ever again, THAT is how you do it.

RedDawnRose , Nenad Stojkovic Report

Final score:

235points

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NsG 3 years ago

And the only "correct" interpretation of a classical work is the one the teacher has the most interest in. Regardless of whether the author has anything to say on the matter (modern classics here obviously).

95points

Ragtimedude77 , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group That learning how to pass tests is more important than actually gaining knowledge.

Final score:

229points

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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 3 years ago

Ok…unpopular opinion, sometimes this one is needed. Like if you are good at X, but freeze during tests but need to pass a certification test for X, sometimes test taking skills are necessary, briefly.

47points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group That you have to "ignore" bullies and/or forgive them. In real outside world if you bully someone you will:

- Get slapped across the face
- Get kicked in your butt
- Fired from work Or
- Shunned and made fun of.

SilentZ0ne , Charles Nadeau Report

Final score:

213points

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Kate 3 years ago

Or, sadly, promoted. We'd like karma to put bullies in their place in the real world, and we celebrate the rare times that happens, but they're the exception, not the rule.

121points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group This is going to sound stupid, but history the way it's taught is basically meaningless.

A long category of dates and events without context or real discussion. The vast majority of history is trivia, because the real story is the cyclical nature of events, the rise and fall of empires, the periods of enlightenment and advance and the reactionary times that bookend them.

You learn that there used to be this thing called "yellow journalism" but you don't learn that what kicked it off was the sudden availability and popularity of newspapers, and nobody draws the EXTREMELY OBVIOUS parallel to our modern blog driven media. If I told you that in the mid to late 1800s (when newsprint was blowing up) that it was extremely common for papers to blatantly copy each others stories with added editorial bias tailored to their viewers...Sounds a little familiar, doesn't it?

Drawing parallels between the robber barons of the late 1800s and the current ones. Drawing parallels between the labor movements of that era, and the ones that are growing again today. S!@#s relevant, and important to realize in context.

But no. Just memorize some f!@#$%g dates and names, so you'll have some s!@t to spout at trivia night later.

notagoodboye , Long Zheng Report

Final score:

196points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

So totally true. The book that turned me on to history was William Manchester’s brilliant *The Glory and the Dream* which came out in 1974 and covered American history from 1932 to 1972. Those years encompassed the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of the industrial state, and was written as a series of events presented in chronological order, showing how one inexorably led to the other. And here and there a person, place, or thing would be highlighted in a small portrait...the Studebaker sticks in my brain as one of these portraits. I think the rise of unions might be in there. I think I’ve read everything he’s written. A World Lit Only By Fire is another great one. If you want to learn history as a series of stories, William Manchester is your go-to author.

40points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group "The bell doesn't dismiss you; I do."

Of course the bell dismisses you. What you're being prepared for, however, is a lifetime of bosses telling you that coming in 15 minutes before your shift, and staying 10 minutes after, doesn't count as overtime and doesn't need to be paid. That it's okay to violate that safety rule on-site because OSHA isn't paying you, I am, and the customer is waiting on you.

Basically, anytime an authority figure isn't following the rules they themselves set for everyone, you are being trained to accept that behavior in your adult life.

SweaterZach , The Man-Machine Report

Final score:

190points

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Jigsaw's Puzzle 3 years ago

Isn't the point of the bell to dismiss you?

69points

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group I graduated in 1991 for context and, while living in Phoenix, they taught us square dancing in gym class. I must say though that the most useful skill that I was taught at that school that I use every single day is typing.

ZappaLlamaGamma , warrenski Report

Final score:

163points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Square dancing is so much fun!

38points

#10

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group Sex and drug education. The entire lesson plan is:

"Just don't do it."

F!@#$%g bulls!@t.

Ghostspider1989 , romana klee Report

Final score:

160points

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Kate 3 years ago

Depends on the state you're in.

40points

#11

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group I feel like almost everything has some value, but I really really wished that they taught highschool classes on Operating Systems, Excel, and an introduction to programming and logic.

I learned it all in college, but Excel saved me a ton of time on homework. Programming played a much greater role than I could have imagined, and highschool left me unprepared for that.

Wahots , m.hawksey Report

Final score:

147points

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Robert T 3 years ago

Well I did a course when I was 15-16 to learn Word Processing, Spreadsheets and simple Databases, simply to play with the computers. Don't laugh, but I got an 'F'! Mainly because it was assessed on typing accuracy and not my understanding of what I was using. I also didn't take the 3rd module, so the highest I could get was a 'D'. From 17-18 I did a Computing qualification which did actually involve programming, but sadly back in the 1980s, it was a case of teach-the-teacher - my programming skills were already way above what the course was teaching - but at least I got a piece of paper to say that I could do it. I then went on to do a degree in Computer Science. So much better for kids now, learning to program with Raspberry Pi's and the like.

29points

HomelessCosmonaut , Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Report

#12

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group In the U.S., probably the Pledge of Allegiance.

We did that every day from first grade through 12th grade. Let's say it took a minute per day. That's five minutes a week. Every 12 weeks, that's an hour. You're in school roughly 36 weeks a year, so that's 3 hours a year. Multiplied by 12 years and that's about 36 hours of your youth academic career spent talking to a flag.

Final score:

146points

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Emma Rodrigues 3 years ago (edited)

Everyone in my class just straight up refuses to do it, we just keep doing the warm up.

61points

#13

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group ‘You won’t have a calculator in your pocket in the real world!’

Yes, I know how do do math, I’m an engineer and I like math theory, I promise I’m not a brain dead mobile addict.

gaylurking , Pargon Report

Final score:

137points

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Jigsaw's Puzzle 3 years ago

Yes you will. People don't calculate the trajectories of rockets on paper lol.

71points

#14

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group The tongue/taste map. Not only useless, but incorrect.

Ravensqueak , Jeffrey Report

Final score:

123points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

But thanks for the Blep photo!

95points

#15

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group The way the US public school system teaches it, Spanish. You learn it maybe half a year then forget it over the summer. You’d think with years of education we’d be better Spanish speakers but it’s essentially useless the way it’s taught.

Ferum_Mafia , Phil Fiddyment Report

Final score:

122points

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Mohammad Ammar 3 years ago

It needs to start young and be more intensive.

59points

#16

American history. For gawd's sake most americans can't find one other country on the map so why keep navel gazing, why not teach students about other countries, culture, and language? Met some guy in grad school who was doing his thesis on General Hooker's buttons. Why, just why?

LJRGUserName Report

Final score:

110points

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J P 3 years ago

All countries teach their own history. This is not an American problem. At least in US we were also taught world history.

11points

dumbinternetstuff , Cambodia4kids.org Report

#17

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group They mostly taught us to ask permission in order to use the bathroom.

Final score:

103points

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R Carson 3 years ago

And..Raise your hand to speak.

40points

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

I once did this in a meeting as an adult and everyone just stared at me. Conditioning is a hell of a thing. Lol

18points

Brad Toy 3 years ago

this is actually VERY much needed, otherwise every student is talking over every other student!!!! it's TERRIBLE!!!!!

9points

Eyebye Bena 3 years ago

I can never get a word into a conversation because people don't notice the raised hand. I can't say anything because then I would be interrupting or something

2points

Rei 3 years ago

Quite necessary for all introverts in class.

1point

George Pepe 3 years ago (edited)

You won’t need to do that if you're in the British parliament

0points

Mona 3 years ago

That's because all kids blurt out answers and talk all at once.

0points

Zobi123 3 years ago

After watching my kids' zoom classes...this is really needed, otherwise the class is totally dominated by the same 2-3 boys.

0points

TheKidLaroi 3 years ago

✋

0points

Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

Again, it's not about permission to use the bathroom, it's about the fact that it's rude to get up and walk out of the room while someone is talking to you. And also the teacher has to take note of who leaves and if they come back because otherwise the whole class would just disappear "to the bathroom" one at a time and never come back, because... kids.

15points

Al Emond 3 years ago (edited)

As an employee at a high school, I can absolutely vouch for this. If a student leaves the room, for any reason, you absolutely need to know that they’re leaving and where they’re going. It’s more of a courtesy.

9points

Brad Toy 3 years ago

yes!!!!

1point

My O My 3 years ago

Then why all this "no, you are not allowed to go to the bathroom during my class!"

0points

Debby Hartinger 3 years ago

Social skills. Asking permission is more polite than just walking out.

5points

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

School would be absolute chaos if these rules weren't enforced though.

4points

A Jones 3 years ago

That's true. But it helps if instructors allow for basic body needs though. Kids have higher metabolism and smaller organs. Thus they need to go often compared to the average adult, but should be respectful to the lesson and politely ask permission to use the facilities.

0points

v 3 years ago

Imagine that. They taught or reinforced the concept of showing respect. Too bad it's absolutely lost on so much of the population. I can only help but wonder how you'd react if someone simply got up and left the area while you were in the middle of saying something. I'm almost certain that you'd take it as a sign of disrespect to you.

1point

That_One_Frog 3 years ago

My spanish teacher doesnt let us go unless we say it in Spanish and most of the time she doesnt even let us go.

1point

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

Even when you need to vomit... I raised my hand, she did not let me talk... Useless to tell : I did not help her clean my mess.

1point

Piet Puk 3 years ago

I peed my pants in class because I wasn't allowed to go.

1point

Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Why were you denied permission?

0points

J P 3 years ago

Did half of my schooling in India. Literally, all kids should get up when teacher enters and sing…”good morning miss/sir”. Raise a hand and ask for permission to go to restroom (mostly got denied in my school). While entering a room while the teacher is in, we would raise hand (like a hail hitler sign) and ask permission to come in the class and then ask permission to be seated. This happens even today.

1point

Frankenfrog 3 years ago

Yeah, that sounds like fun... said no one ever

0points

best turtle 3 years ago

and most of the time they didint let you go the revenge would probably be obvious

1point

Pharo Despairo 2 years ago

I had to wear a uniform for the junior reserves course, we had to ask our teachers before taking off our service jackets

0points

Mary Haynes 3 years ago

and then had accidents.

0points

Wondering Alice 3 years ago

I have a small class of 11 year olds. We picked the class rules together, they wanted hands up to speak. The toilet thing was a long discussion, some felt having to announce to the room they needed to go was embarrassing. We put up some Sign language words to cover this. Last year, I had a small but very different set of kids - around 14yrs. They agreed class rules could be summed up with be respectful. I'm not sure I would give children the chance to pick the rules in a big class though

0points

WiTchY_WoMaN 3 years ago

I'm in highschool and we still use hall passes...ugh

0points

Neha Thangavelu 3 years ago

And how to write cursive, even though we never use it again, except our signatures but that’s a different matter

0points

Thay 3 years ago

Screw that. I stopped asking after 7th grade and had bad periods (sorry lol), teachers refused. S**t was getting leaky.... Yeah so I would just go and ditch class for the remainder of that time

0points

David Lavers 3 years ago

A curse word is usually a sign of what you need. Best not let anybody know your needs.

0points

BleeBloo 3 years ago

it's called respect for the teacher, you can't just walk out of class whenever you want to

0points

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#18

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group I was taught that Columbus knew that the world was round, but everyone else thought it was flat. So, yeah... That.

High_5 , Public Domain Report

Final score:

95points

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HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 3 years ago

That's not useless, it's just a lie.

75points

Generallybadadvice , Public Domain Report

#19

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group The amount they teach shakespeare. Like, sure once is probably good, not every year grade 9 to 12.

Final score:

88points

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Eve 3 years ago

OMG yes. In Canada it’s unending. But no Jane Austen when I went.

29points

#20

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group hizzoze said:
That hiding under your desk will keep you safe from bombs and tornadoes. (Yes I know what it's actually for, it's just always been a silly visual.)

vegdeg responded:
That wasn't the lesson you could have learned.

The real lesson was that people tend to panic, and panicking causes unpredictable and dangerous behavior. When you drill an action that makes a population feel like they have self control over a situation, they will tend to follow that.

Same as with patients and a disease - so often there is conflict between clinician and patient because the clinician will see it as the patient not being able to do anything (medically proven at least) - whereas the patient is looking for some agency, some self control over a situation, even if that is drinking carrot juice or whatever. This helps explain the multitude of holistic medicines and why they are popular - because there is always something you can do (or feel like there is) to have agency in a difficult situation.

As others have said - the lesson wasn't always literally the subject matter/what was being taught.

hizzoze , Joel Report

Final score:

86points

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ƒιѕн 3 years ago (edited)

Yes, always duck and cover when being overtaken by fast flowing lava.

25points

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#21

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group That conduct grades matter. I have a friend whose child got a "needs improvement" conduct grade. WTF is that about? If her 8 year old is causing problems, address it then. Why wait 9 weeks and slip it onto the report card? My friend is also a teacher and completely agreed with me. I got plenty of "unsatisfactory" conduct grades in school and yet I still managed to get a college degree and have a career. Screw that nonsense.

aca901 , Michael Pollak Report

Final score:

81points

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Jeweled Dragon 3 years ago

I was graded on "friendliness." I got " unsatisfactory" for several years. Well excuse me for being bullied every day and having major trust issues and social anxiety because of it. Damn positivity project.

44points

myheartisstillracing , Robert Kintner Report

#22

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group They don't do it anymore, but back around 2000 in health class we all had to plan a wedding. Like, pair up and budget out a rental space, food, rings, etc.

Looking back: What. The. F@#k?

Final score:

79points

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NsG 3 years ago

Maybe the subject matter (a wedding) is a bit skewed, especially if it's repeated, but event planning such as this is a hugely important skill. We did a cookie business - come up with a recipe, work out prices, including overheads and advertising, put forward a business case for a loan (even though in reality it was our parents providing the materials). Then bake and sell and report back how successful we were. To be honest, I would have preferred the wedding planning as I was partnered with someone who could burn water!

66points

aintnufincleverhere , Phil Fiddyment Report

#23

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group My biology teacher was supposed to teach us evolution, but had us memorize a bunch of birds in the process?

A pop quiz would be him walking into the classroom with a boombox, hitting play, and he'd play some chirping noises that he recorded himself. He'd ask us to write down the scientific name of the bird. Or he'd show us a drawing of a bird and tell us to write down the common name of it. It was a mix.

But that's it. There wasn't any question about evolution on the quiz at all. It was entirely about memorizing birds.

This was the class that broke me. When we studied the cell, I got a 97 for the semester. When we studied evolution, I felt like a dog jumping through a hoop on command and decided I wasn't going to memorize birds. F@#k you, flunk me.

I would leave the quizzes blank on purpose.

Final score:

77points

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Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago

Someone let their passion override their job and common sense

61points

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#24

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group I grew up in Massachusetts, so maybe this is skewed because of the proximity to early settler and revolutionary war sites, but EVERY year in history, from like 1st grade to 12th, we learned the same stuff on the early settlers to revolutionary war. That would be the majority of all history classes. Yes, it’s very important history (and I do thoroughly enjoy history and that time period in particular) but when it’s all that’s covered and everything else is glossed over, it doesn’t feel like we learned as much as we should have. It was also always taught through rose colored glasses.

whatsurgentsays , Tony Fischer Report

Final score:

77points

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Jaguarundi 3 years ago

I didn't learn about the "Spanish American War" until I was out of school and an adult. CT schools.

21points

#25

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group They taught competitive cup stacking in my elementary school. Still have no idea why. This was in central Canada, but clearly it was widespread across a lot of North America.

smango19 , CJ Sorg Report

Final score:

76points

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Natasha 3 years ago

I mean why?

30points

#26

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group Hi, language teacher in the uk.

This is more what they don't teach but....

They often teach the rise of the British empire but seldom about the fall. Which leads students with a very British centric approach to a lot of their studies. I'm aware of this in languages but I've seen this in history, RE and even English language. I'm not blaming the teachers or the students, the curriculum is f!@#$d. But as a result from this I hear way too often "learning X language is pointless, everyone speaks English!"

MagentaPyskie , Peter Mackey Report

Final score:

73points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I didn't know the UK had admitted the empire fell ;-P

43points

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#27

30 Things Taught In School That Raise The Question “What Was The Point?” As Shared By People In This Online Group For me it was social studies, specifically politics that only really focuses on the 50s-70s and ignores everything else and tries to use the period of time where people literally couldn't lose money on anything and use it to justify trickle down economics of today's society as a good blueprint for running a country.

MyWaterDishIsEmpty , Alan Levine Report

Final score:

60points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

I'm too old for this, but I can totally see how this would work. "Oh, see that nice way it worked that we totally skewed for our trickle-down economic fantasy?"

14points

ApprehensiveAd8770 Report

#28

How to say and spell antidisestablishmentarianism.

Final score:

59points

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John Mullins 3 years ago

yikes.

15points

#29

My 1st grade teacher told us if you go outside and stand really still, you can feel the earth rotating...

FixFalcon Report

Final score:

59points

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HarperTheCentaur (they/them) 3 years ago

Why would it change from outside to inside?

53points

#30

Three simple words... "Five paragraph essays."

English being the only class that is/was required during all four years of high school, we had it constantly drilled into our heads that it was the only way to submit short papers and that we would need to perfect the application if we wanted to succeed in collage.

First day of Comm 101 in collage while the professor was going over the syllabus, and that everything needed to be submitted in MLS format, someone asked what MLS was. The professor stopped, "Let me say this to all of you that graduated high school last year and are just starting your collegiate lives... if ANYONE turns in a paper in five paragraph format you will fail the assignment."

Found out from everyone I knew that was taking other professors for English or Communication classes that they got told the same thing.

InfiniteChanges Report

Final score:

58points

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Reid McMasters 3 years ago

What is MLS format tho

24points

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What do you think ?

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Maiun 3 years ago

Why aren't financial literacy and self defence on the curriculum? Much more useful than trigonometry or hockey.

15points

Tami 3 years ago (edited)

But trig applies to so many fields! Astronomy, geography, satellite navigation, computer music, chemistry, medical imaging, electronics, electrical engineering, civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering, oceanography, seismology, phonetics, image compression, game development, the list goes on. I used it in both of the tech jobs I had.

5points

Seabeast 3 years ago

I used trigonometry every day on the job when I was working. No reason you can't learn both trig and financial literacy.

5points

howdylee 3 years ago

Simply because it's not something easily tested on a state-wide standardized test.

5points

Yort 3 years ago

Wouldn’t learning hockey be good self defense? You’re in shape and have a big stick with you.

1point

Isaac Harvey 2 years ago

I only know of various self-defense techniques because I've been a Taekwondo student for over a decade, which has never been a requirement at any of my schools nor my college. Aside from 911, no one who lives outside of my wing of dorms on campus is even remotely protected from active shooter threats. Also, I can take just one picture with an iPhone and get a better shot than if each of my friends took ten pictures in the same place with the same model. I can even get normally obtrusive elements to work with a picture. I'm only able to do this because I've been practicing ON MY OWN TIME for two years.

0points

Bill Evs 3 years ago

One thing I've understood about schooling in hindsight is a LOT of it is just teaching you how to pass exams. The emphasis seems to be on learning chucks of information that can be parroted back based in an established testing curriculum rather than imparting the knowledge AND methods for problem solving in a real application of learned information. Does that make sense (just read it back myself and I'm not sure but I hope you're getting what I mean)

10points

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

We may never use some of the things we learned in school but having the knowledge expands our minds.

6points

Fiona Parky 3 years ago

When I was a kid we had to learn the capital cities of almost every country because it might come up on the common entrance exam. Not only have I happily forgotten most of them but also most of them are now obsolete. Capital of East Germany anyone? East Berlin by the way, west Germany was Bonn. Now only useful in TV game shows.

6points

¡ Rachel ¡ 3 years ago

I remember having to learn all the European capitals too, and also noticed how many no longer exist.

4points

Aliquid 3 years ago

A good portion of schooling is making you figure out HOW to learn, HOW to memorize, HOW to think. Unfortunately, they do a crappy job of explaining that to you. But memorizing capital cities isn't important because you need to know the capitals, it is important because you will need to memorize things in life (for your job or whatever), and learning HOW to memorize things is a skill you will need. Also learning forces you to think (in theory), and practicing thinking makes your brain more efficient in general.

5points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

They didn't TEACH HOW to learn the capitals just that we needed to KNOW them for THE TEST.

0points

Steffen Rehm 3 years ago

Wait, i got stuck in the reddit thing. There are people out there, that have to DANCE to graduate? Maybe i got something wrong, because it is 3am here and i should sleep.

4points

memyselfandI 3 years ago

I actually read a story about that, apparently it was started by some dud who didn’t like jazz and had a lot of influence in schools, so he had them all teach square dancing so kids wouldn’t get into jazz. Dumb idea, I know. I do like square dancing, though.

3points

Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

I don't know about other countries, but here in the USA each state's governing body decides the curriculum and what students need to be taught. Schools are TOLD what to teach, we are TOLD to give standardized tests, we HAVE to do these things because the government tells us to. To the person who angrily says "I wasn't taught x subject in school, I got ripped off": yeah, you were. You were too busy scrolling through your phone or talking.

3points

Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago

This is less about what people learned, and more about what they didn't.

1point

Beatrice Multhaupt 3 years ago

Kids aren't even taught how to deal with minor medical emergencies because schools are brainwashed into thinking that they'll get sued for doling out medical advice without a license. But the worst offender is the (Gaussian) Bell Curve:, as in, ''If you're in the top percentile, you've got to be good''. I had a student from China break down in tears because she had studied English pronunciation back home for ten years only to discover that none of her Canadian co-workers had any idea what she was talking about.

1point

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

What about diagramming sentences? All those crazy lines. What was that about?

1point

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Learning parts of speech. The diagrams are kinda worthless but knowing what is a noun, verb, adverb, adjective etc and their place in sentences is useful

3points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

It taught the parts of speech and how to use them. True story: 9th grade teacher says we'll get through this quickly. Wrote a sentence asked for the preposition in the sentence. Girl raised her hand (I did too) She was called on and asked "What is a preposition?" We had to do soooooooo many grammar exercises. Pages and pages and pages. Thanks Carol Tomasino.

1point

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

I had to diagram sentences in 6th grade. In 9th grade the teacher wanted to get through the grammar section and asked the question what is the preposition in the sentence. And a girl I will not name said what is a preposition. If only the teacher had called on me we would not have had to do pages and pages of grammar work. Carol Tomasino.

0points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Algebra calculus and all other maths that use letters and symbols. And then there are the imaginary numbers. I am in my 40s and I have NEVER used any of these since I have left school.

0points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

We do but don't realize it's algebra. But yeah on the imaginary numbers.

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Pa4040 3 years ago

I would love to enroll my child in a private school became of all the nonsense above, and my poor personal experiences. I don't want him trained to be a factory worker that is brainwashed to never question anything and just repeat empty facts so he would get a "good" digit on a piece of paper. Now if only it didn't cost my annual income per semester...

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Yort 3 years ago

Private schools have their own set of problems, though. Plenty of private school students are so sheltered they basically don’t understand how the world works and are taught even dumber stuff.

1point

Chrissy Rogers 2 years ago

What's wrong with being a factory worker? The clothes you wear, the transport you use, the materials that make up the buildings you live and work in, they all come from factories.

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alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

Don't forget the added fundraising.

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AndersM 3 years ago

I HATE math due to a pretty shitty math teacher. Later I hated 2nd degree equations and I have NEVER had to use it for anything in my life. What they should have taught us was how to calculate taxes, VAT etc. Useful stuff and not something that rocket scientist use.

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Norart 3 years ago

Let's make college free for everybody! Clearly by these firsthand accounts we have this edukashun thing figured out so let's give it to everybody! We all win!

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eric smith 3 years ago

I could not read this. It just makes me angry, the amount of unessecert s**t I had to put up with from lazy deppresed teachers who just dont care about anyone!

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Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

I'm sorry you had that experience and that every teacher you came across was lazy and depressed. Too bad you didn't attend the school where I teach--we actually care about students and what they're learning. Of course, I'm SURE you were a model student and joy to have in class.

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

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Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

Usually the people who make that type of comment are the ones who flaunted the rules and spent all of high school in trouble, or didn't even graduate.

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Maiun 3 years ago

Why aren't financial literacy and self defence on the curriculum? Much more useful than trigonometry or hockey.

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Tami 3 years ago (edited)

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Seabeast 3 years ago

I used trigonometry every day on the job when I was working. No reason you can't learn both trig and financial literacy.

5points

howdylee 3 years ago

Simply because it's not something easily tested on a state-wide standardized test.

5points

Yort 3 years ago

Wouldn’t learning hockey be good self defense? You’re in shape and have a big stick with you.

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Isaac Harvey 2 years ago

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Bill Evs 3 years ago

10points

tuzdayschild 3 years ago

We may never use some of the things we learned in school but having the knowledge expands our minds.

6points

Fiona Parky 3 years ago

6points

¡ Rachel ¡ 3 years ago

I remember having to learn all the European capitals too, and also noticed how many no longer exist.

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Aliquid 3 years ago

5points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

They didn't TEACH HOW to learn the capitals just that we needed to KNOW them for THE TEST.

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Steffen Rehm 3 years ago

Wait, i got stuck in the reddit thing. There are people out there, that have to DANCE to graduate? Maybe i got something wrong, because it is 3am here and i should sleep.

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memyselfandI 3 years ago

3points

Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

3points

Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago

This is less about what people learned, and more about what they didn't.

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Beatrice Multhaupt 3 years ago

1point

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

What about diagramming sentences? All those crazy lines. What was that about?

1point

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Learning parts of speech. The diagrams are kinda worthless but knowing what is a noun, verb, adverb, adjective etc and their place in sentences is useful

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alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

1point

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago

Algebra calculus and all other maths that use letters and symbols. And then there are the imaginary numbers. I am in my 40s and I have NEVER used any of these since I have left school.

0points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

We do but don't realize it's algebra. But yeah on the imaginary numbers.

0points

Pa4040 3 years ago

0points

Yort 3 years ago

Private schools have their own set of problems, though. Plenty of private school students are so sheltered they basically don’t understand how the world works and are taught even dumber stuff.

1point

Chrissy Rogers 2 years ago

What's wrong with being a factory worker? The clothes you wear, the transport you use, the materials that make up the buildings you live and work in, they all come from factories.

0points

alloutbikes@yahoo.com 2 years ago

Don't forget the added fundraising.

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AndersM 3 years ago

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Norart 3 years ago

Let's make college free for everybody! Clearly by these firsthand accounts we have this edukashun thing figured out so let's give it to everybody! We all win!

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eric smith 3 years ago

I could not read this. It just makes me angry, the amount of unessecert s**t I had to put up with from lazy deppresed teachers who just dont care about anyone!

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Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

2points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

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Cathy Jo Baker 3 years ago

Usually the people who make that type of comment are the ones who flaunted the rules and spent all of high school in trouble, or didn't even graduate.

1point