i completely aggree, however, i would like to add:
* lose the literature classes. nobody needs to understand the inner workings of transcendalism anymore. nobody has time or use for that sort of topic. it's more of a thing to be studied for fun at your own leasure.
* more focus on physical education. everyone hears about "America becomming too fat." well, it begins in early childhood and could be more easily stopped at that stage.
* lose the huge books. why does a 7th-grader need a 700 page book on algebra? they really dont, and i have seen first hand how a load of books can twist and damage the spine in no time.
* bring back "the ruler." much of the current problems in society can be traced back to a lack of discipline in childhood, and let's face it. a lot of kids are brat's now. did you ever hear of a 10-year old saying the f-word in the 50's? hell no, because there would be a fatherly backhand if he did.
* stop bitching about the SAT. no, contrary to popular belief, the SAT is not racially biased. math and reading comprehension skills transcend race. if someone has trouble with reading the test, then maybe they should have ditched less school. stop making alternatives to the SAT. weaseling out of the test by saying "math and reading aren't my strengths" is not helping anyone. if you graduate highschool and you can't read, or do math, then the public system had failed.
most of society's problems could be solved if we just focused more attention on public schools.
Well, if you want to get technical...piracy is more like robbery, not theft. robbery is theft, but with a gun. pirates tend to use guns when boarding ships. however, software piracy is more like...illegal cloning
Let's all remember that NASA managed to miss Mars entirely by forgetting to convert metric measurements to the U.S. Standard... (what kind of scientists work in feet and inches anyways?) So don't take their word on the matter to heart, because they really don't know what they're doing.
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i completely aggree, however, i would like to add:
* lose the literature classes. nobody needs to understand the inner workings of transcendalism anymore. nobody has time or use for that sort of topic. it's more of a thing to be studied for fun at your own leasure.
* more focus on physical education. everyone hears about "America becomming too fat." well, it begins in early childhood and could be more easily stopped at that stage.
* lose the huge books. why does a 7th-grader need a 700 page book on algebra? they really dont, and i have seen first hand how a load of books can twist and damage the spine in no time.
* bring back "the ruler." much of the current problems in society can be traced back to a lack of discipline in childhood, and let's face it. a lot of kids are brat's now. did you ever hear of a 10-year old saying the f-word in the 50's? hell no, because there would be a fatherly backhand if he did.
* stop bitching about the SAT. no, contrary to popular belief, the SAT is not racially biased. math and reading comprehension skills transcend race. if someone has trouble with reading the test, then maybe they should have ditched less school. stop making alternatives to the SAT. weaseling out of the test by saying "math and reading aren't my strengths" is not helping anyone. if you graduate highschool and you can't read, or do math, then the public system had failed.
most of society's problems could be solved if we just focused more attention on public schools.
holy crap, that's the worst pun i've ever heard. kudos!
Well, if you want to get technical...piracy is more like robbery, not theft. robbery is theft, but with a gun. pirates tend to use guns when boarding ships.
however, software piracy is more like...illegal cloning
Let's all remember that NASA managed to miss Mars entirely by forgetting to convert metric measurements to the U.S. Standard... (what kind of scientists work in feet and inches anyways?) So don't take their word on the matter to heart, because they really don't know what they're doing.