[pageonetoo]

Send the corrupters to a juvenile disciplinary center, and keep them there until they are 'trained'! -page

The problem is that such correcting centers don't seem to be very effective in correcting youth. For delinquent (sp?) young people, I personally would prescribe either:

1. Catholic school (if there's nuns)

2. Boot camp -Mega

We are on the same page, just reading different words... The main thing is to separate the trouble-makers, and begin ,b.teaching again!

I don't think they even teach Latin, now, do they? Much less, Chaucer, Will'm Shakespeare, or the Bible. Nor, do they allow our children to read good old 'Uncle Remus', regardless of its un-PC structures...

Whatever has happened to the public schools (rhetorical question)? They certainly aren't properly educating, nor preparing...

[Terpfen]

I don't think they even teach Latin, now, do they? Much less, Chaucer, Will'm Shakespeare, or the Bible. Nor, do they allow our children to read good old 'Uncle Remus', regardless of its un-PC structures... Whatever has happened to the public schools (rhetorical question)? They certainly aren't properly educating, nor preparing...

As a recent graduate (2002) of the public school system, let me tell you what my particular high school (which at the time had 6,000+ students, making it the largest in the country, IIRC) featured in its classes, and had as graduation requrements:

-4 English courses. I took the basic course for English I, which featured some grammar education in the first few weeks, then moved on to Romeo and Juliet, as well as a couple of other stories that I forget. Took honors for the other three, and was treated to books such as The Hot Zone, The Great Gatsby, various Edgar Allan Poe stories, Lord of the Flies, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Hamlet. And that's just what I remember.

-2 foreign language courses. There wasn't any Latin (dead language, but the school offered Spanish, German, and French. Due to living in South Florida, I took two Spanish courses. Didn't do too terribly well, but I passed.

-3 math courses, one of which must be an Algebra course (with Algebra II as a graduation requirement). The school offered all the way up to AP Calculus. Didn't take it, but it was there.

-3 social studies courses, one of which must be American History, another which must be a basic economics (how to read the stock market, supply and demand, etc) course. Plenty of AP classes offered here.

-3 science courses. This is where my old high school excelled. I think their science selection outdoes my college's... I personally took geology, biology I, and human anatomy.

That's just the core stuff, in addition to various other requirements... I did pretty well at the various AP classes, psychology especially (I got a 3 on the exam--good when you consider that I didn't do too well in-class, and went in expecting a 1). Public education is better than people give it credit for.

The main problem is the students themselves--they don't want to learn. The school had to rig attendance numbers by taking attendance in second hour (too many people came in late), and skipping was a huge problem. A good number of those who showed up for class were too busy fiddling with their cell phones and talking about who was dating who to pay attention to the lecture.

Rant off.