No they don’t. Really, ask yourself how much of what you were taught through high school you really remember. Not can dredge up if given a bit, but really immediately answer a question. The truth is probably very little, because it’s not data you access all the time, your brain’s got more important things in there. Probably math, there’s lots of algebra in cooking, and bill paying and some other parts of normal life. The basic English language skills obviously, but the books you were forced to read probably not. Outside of that it’s background noise in your brain you dredge while watching game shows or chatting on FR.
And truth is these boxes we’re sitting in front of make it worse. The more we learn we can just go GET data the less we store. Nobody remembers phonenumbers anymore, they punch them in the cellphone. If you can’t make your brain store 7 numbers you actually intend to use think of how much harder it is to store data that’s just “nice to have”.
I didn't have a traditional 'high-school' class thing. So your comparison is invalid.
There is almost no Hebrew language in any of my daily life. But I do still read it.
You are barking up the wrong tree, because not everyone is like you, and had the life you have had.
Your conclusions are parochial, and apply only to you.
/johnny
No they don’t. Really, ask yourself how much of what you were taught through high school you really remember.
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I don’t think it really matters how much you remember, but the key is - you were taught to think.
Education allows us to think, to study, to discern the truths from the lies. To grow the brain.
Yeah, I’ve forgotten more than half of what I (supposedly) learned in school. But the basics stayed with me.
And its sad that many kids are just pushed though 12 grades without even learning how to read or write.
I spent last summer teaching my grandkids this. Will they remember it in years to come? You bet they will. It came with a catchy tune, and they had to interact to learn it.
Will they use it? Meh... Maybe the older one will use parts of the greek alphabet as an engineer. Maybe the middle one will use greek as a doctor. The little girl? No bets there, but I'm fairly sure she will remember the catchy tune and words, at 4 she knows all the words to 'Do you want to build a snow-man?'.
Of course, me finding the parody of "Do you want to build a meth lab" isn't helping my relationship with my own daugher (her mom).
/johnny