Well, in two days we have to go back to school. In Texas we have what is called TAKS Testing. Well, all we do is spend all year preparing for these tests. It does nothing for anybody accept for the avarage kids. How ever, if you are an all AP student, above the class, over involved student like me, it wastes your time.

But anyways, just thought I might through that in there.

Have you noticed China is starting to catch up with the US? And do you know why? Their educational system is wayyy different than ours. They pull all of the smart , genius, overly intellegent kids out and send them to a school or university. Then, the not-so-smart kids are sent to do a trade.

Now I think everybody should recieve an education, but We should also try to emulate their education system.

In texas (Yes more texas stories ) they have passed a law that requires all high school students to recieve four years of math and four years of science. But it shouldn't be that way. Okay honestly. How many kids out of a class of 350 kids are going to be nuclear physists? My point exactly. I planned on taking four years so I could get some college credit down, but the kids who probably won't even go to college are just sapping tax money and wasting space and time. Send them to do a trade.

Our school used to be a magnet school. They offered more electives. But now we don't have a very big choice of electives. All of the rooms at the high school are being wasted with stuff that isn't needed.

Who here agrees with me?

Well as a Texan and as a DISD Senior (Glass of 08' go COUGARS!!!) I feel your pain because I realize what the system is doing to the disadvantaged folks. While there are Advanced Placement Classes, TAG, and Magnet Programs for the academically excelling students, the ones having trouble are left behind to the point where they have to be in a sheltered class when they should be preparing for SAT.

Local, State, and Federal Education system is at fault here because of the "Rich become Richer while the Poor become poorer" effect.
Think about this, the "No Child Left Behind Act" awards Education Grants for Schools and Districts that preform to the Federal Expectation, while if you don't meet the requirement you won't get as much grant as the school would need.

My High School BA, has been an academically Low preforming schools for a while now and we just got out of it, but prior to that, due to the low TAKS test Exit Level exam scores, we were penalized by budget cuts, I mean for crying out loud we still use the same frickin' book back when the USSR still existed!

While my school rots in the mess the federal government caused us, TEA finds it amusing to cut back on funds after school tutoring and activities funding which is funneled down and distributed to local districts, at which time the money transfer is severed so teachers can have the big fat paycheck while driving the jaguar to the school parking lot while the dude sitting next to me looks at me in silent intensity so I could save him from the torment the teachers have put him through by not teaching him the basics, so what do I do? I let him copy me, can you blame me though?


-Pissed off Bryan Adams Class of 08' Senior-

This post has been edited by birudagmawi: Aug 25 2007, 05:14 AM

And it doesn't waste their time as well? I think it's fair if both of your times are wasted. But is it really just a waste of time for you guys? Or is it good practice and gives you something to boast about? (Not to say that it would be okay to boast about it in front of those who didn't pass it.)


[1]No, i haven't. [2]Why's that? [3]I'm not surprised. [4]I thought they were already in school, so it must be a University. [5]Isn't experience the better teacher? [4][5]But is this really so? That is, is this really the reason why things are better over in China? If a trade is as low as you're implying, then that must mean that a lot are being placed in Universities and few are being placed in trades.


I don't believe your point would stand. Regardless of whether or not they're going to put all of that information to use, a school is a place to learn. It's like saying for History, "How many kids will become a historian? My point exactly." I could go on...


[1]Wouldn't you be doing the same thing if you were planning to go to college?
[2]And what are you going to do with what you have learned?

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We could if he struggles later in life pertaining to what you let him copy.

well either way he is going to have a hard time