Posted on 08/28/2007 9:09:24 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
People are up in arms about Chinese goods and the hazard they are posing. You’re right, anything else, and it wouldn’t stand a chance.
Instead, the fix that they’re been trying to do for all these years is throw more money at it and it’s proved to not work anyway.
I had a wrong-headed idea of what I wanted to major in when I went to college, and unfortunately I stuck with it and got my degree.
High school students should be encouraged to explore, not specialize.
Mrs VS
Actually, this is not a bad idea. It would be better if there were more choices of courses in grade school.
But it’s far too late for any of this to work. Public education is unable to clean its own house. The only real option is for people to stop using them.
I don’t think it’s all bad. Some kids know from a young age what they want to do with their lives, and allowing them to take courses that would prepare them for that is a good idea.
The problem I see here is that once the kids are in, they’re locked in and aren’t allowed to change unless they can provide some compelling reason. The main problem with that is if the school doesn’t want to be bothered with going through what it takes to help a kid change majors, then no reason, no matter how good in reality, will be compelling enough for them to admit it.
Considering most of the kids wanted to major in *sports management* shows how little they understand what’s involved in different careers and how weak their grasp on reality is.
Locking a kid in to something they hate for four years of high school is a waste of their time. Then it could become time for college and they won’t have any of the necessary courses needed to prepare them for their major. Like the girl in the article. Starting out as a lawyer and switching to computer science; she’ll be dead in the water in college because she won’t have ANY experience in that field and will be learning it all from scratch at the college level.
Now that I think about it, I don’t like the idea. The kids should really be exposed to many different areas to give them an idea of just what might interest them enough to pursue as a career choice in college. After all, that’s where you really get the education you need in your career field.
They have this sort of program at my local high school. They don't make the kids choose until sophomore year. Supposedly, by getting kids to think ahead to a career, they will see purpose to their high school learning and work harder and stay in school.
I doubt it will accomplish much.
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