We had tables of drill for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
We had spelling, art, music, history, gym.
Nobody died from it.
The contemporary leftist agenda is the production of amoral illiterates.
And I say, "To hell with it."
[Heather, her two mommies, daddy and his roommate to the contrary notwithstanding.]
Sex education belongs in the home as the responsibility of the parents.
Parents and family are enemies of the leftist agendists.
During the current witch hunt in the Catholic priesthood, the true pedophiles in public education, psychiatry and psychology, and the rabid enemies of the Boy Scouts are silent.
Hiding under the straw in the hen house ready to stage-whisper, "Nobody here but us chickens."
And the leftests scream "learning by rote!!!! very bad!!!!
It worked well but it is now generally dispised if used to any great degree.
Just ask a high school kid working at some cash register if they can "make change" without the computer telling them what the amount is (a challenge if they can do it at all).