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FP Edit: I just ask you do your research and form your own conclusions but always be open to change based on information, fact and not influenced by sensationalism or internet trends
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IndyAndyJones
What excuse do they give now that everyone always has a calculator on their phone? And google?
Kbantar
If Statistics class was mandatory, would governments still get funding from lotteries?
Xanthus179
I figured HS was about throwing a bunch of topics at us to see what sticks and to find interests. Then focus on those in college.
Broseidan
Yeah but the argument is invalid because they took those classes
siler7
Makes fun of people who lack basic knowledge. Writes "highschool".
motorwaffle
No amount of classes would help either of those groups.
SharkyMcSnarkface
School taught me about mental illness by letting me experience it firsthand.
SintaClaus
I usually find myself having to learn the things they taught at University again in working life if I half assed those subjects. 1/2
SintaClaus
Never settle to think that something is not going to be useful at some point in your life! 2/2
Klerk246
I never technically finished my 30 level biology, I understand how vacines work. Just had to read a few sources.
thatstrangenoise
Technically the anti vaxxers are reading sources too. They're just shitty sources.
thegeekinmerpg
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areibold
To be a little more fair, high school doesn’t teach at the complexity required. You need a PhD and a decade of research to comment on that
bonessasan
Educated people get more jokes.
Captainplanetmotherfucker
"You're never going to use this in your entire life". Well, if you think for yourself and actually apply it to your life, it would work.
HorusDidNothingWrong
Doesn't help that schools are teaching less and being more political
JHawke
This would be a very valid point if vaccines actually came up in class. Instead we got useless shit like names of animal parts and my >
JHawke
> personal favourite (I refused to do this one) cutting up frogs. Science was just about as useful, but at least it was cool.
multiderpmentional
Strangely enough, its educated white women who are refusing vaccines. I'm a nursing student
Drakhma
i mean, i sucked so bad at those class's and i'm not a moron who thinks the earth is flat and those things cause autism.
SnackPacks
Make money off them to supply those that understand the truth
notacobra
In fairness, schools also teach things like conic segments which is basically never used, even in relevant industries.
furriephillips
It’s the responsibility of parents, to teach their children critical thinking & morality, so that whatever nonsense the school tries to...
furriephillips
shove down their throat / brainwash them with, they can detect the BS / hatred & challenge it, shining a light on any darkness.
TechinTeacher
Have fun with that idea when most parents work extreme hours or only parent exists in the household
cogitoro
Belief in conspiracy theories is actually way more highly correlated with narcissism than a lack of basic education.
cogitoro
Of course, postgraduate-level education is highly negatively correlated with belief in conspiracy theories, but that's a different thing.
matubisq
Makes sense, my impression of flat earth from seeing Behind the Curve was that they wanted to feel important and popular, first and foremost
Alfa799
The reason for learning all that stuff is that you are learning how to learn. How to use facts to model the world.
polartrance
If you can learn how to learn, don't you already know how to learn?
ColoniaCroisant
No, I didn't know how to learn properly till I was 15 and was like oh shit I actually like learning, this is cool!
matthew2401360
Except that in most public schools you're being taught to pass tests, not how to learn. As a kid, you have no control over your curriculum.
4shizzlemynizzle
what if facts are not truth?
eggmuffin
What if a mirror didn't reflect light?
TheSquarestCheese
tecryder
That is why learning how to learn is so important. Those skills help you decide if info is fake or true. Critical thinking for the win!
CanadianEngineer
A fact is truth. Some things people call “facts” aren’t facts.
dat1duderino
"Learning how to learn," and "[learning] how to use facts..." are not the same thing. You can easily be taught falsehoods. You can be (1/2)
dat1duderino
taught that falsehoods are truths, scewing your "learning". It could be that ur idea of "learning" is a lie, & "learning how to learn" (2/3)
dat1duderino
simply entrenches you in your own misgivings.
KurtHamster
People who think they know what they need to learn, are gonna miss out on a lot of stuff later!
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Noksus
You don't know what you need to know until you need to know it.
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Limnic
I knew what I needed to learn, and I know that the stuff I was forced to learn is largely useless in my life.
Limnic
It's not like you remember what you learned if you never use that knowledge, so learning when required seems like a better option to me.
Limnic
Though I guess general society knowledge is exempt from that.
EatsBees
BUT THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
MisterLemons
I don't regret school. I DO regret chemistry, reading comprehension, trigonometry, and a few others. Bad grades from unused personal skills.
GeneralGinger531
Playing devil's advocate here: it is because they are not aware of what benefit something has until it is needed. Even providing practical
GeneralGinger531
experience using math for budgeting is better than knowing how much money Lucas spent on 363 watermelons each priced at $4.11
GeneralGinger531
Even when you say that, there are things we do need to learn that aren't being taught, like how to do your taxes, or first aid, or cooking
GeneralGinger531
All 3 of those skills are needed in real life, but only 1 of them are directly taught in schools, and as an elective
GeneralGinger531
If you are lucky, you go to a school with a personal finance course and you can learn there. First aid is an independent class outside of
charlrPlayer
After working as a machinist I really wish I'd taken higher geometry, trig,& calculus in high school. It was even free.
charlrPlayer
"Never going to use it." Yeah, right.
maninthedarkness
I regret not challenging myself and pushing for those higher courses when I could have.
MercilessTheMerciful
Fuck I wish I had paid even the slightest attention. I somehow got through pre-calc despite never being there, I regret it so much.
MercilessTheMerciful
What the fuck was I thinking.
fnurglbhurg
We don't call it that, do we? I believe the term you're looking for is "shop math".
gamlingcs
As a fellow machinist. I feel too dependent on CAD to cover my ass on these things.
AVeryDedicatedDuck
As a CAD guy I have to admit that our shop relies a lot on us and there's a lot of pressure on us. 99.9% accuracy is not good enough
TheWookOfWallStreet
As a fellow CAD guy, I wish the shop relied on me more. They just whatever the hell they want. Then wonder why it’s wrong. I don’t make (1/2
TheWookOfWallStreet
These drawings just to give you something pretty to look at! Follow the print!
db22
https://www.khanacademy.org/ They'll get you up to speed on geometry and trig for sure.
TheBlindFreak
This needs more upvotes. Khanacademy saved my ass in college.
Ulthirm
As a highschool student, my math class cost $100 in class fees alone. What you mean free?
zombiskunk
Yup, education fees get charged to someone. There is always a cost somewhere down the line. Usual to the parent, but adults go to school too
chickadoodledoo
What the actual fuck?
Ulthirm
It's a poorer school, the water still flows in the original steel pipes. (The renovation money went to a school built in the 2000s instead)
Alkuam2
The fuck?
JayKaySC
..??
Selena1593
By class fees do you mean you had to buy the graphing calculator?
Ulthirm
No textbook. They don't let us use personal calculators in the class rooms
morelikeconsham
What the fuck?
Ulthirm
Textbook fees. Its a poorer school, probably why they don't just hand out computers like the other people mention. Wonder why I got
Ulthirm
Downvoted for the truth. Are people that scared of the system being bad.
Ulthirm
Or do they think people still follow that rule in the constitution. Cause they don't, if they ever did.
ThePiedPiperofRuination
Do you go to a private school? Public school is free to students. The only significant cost might be a calculator, but that's it.
TechinTeacher
Some courses, mainly dual credit and AP, have entrance fees and, kinda rare now, textbook rental fees
ThePiedPiperofRuination
What the hell? My AP classes and all my textbooks in high school were free.
TechinTeacher
What was the socioeconomic status surrounding the school? That might impact it
Ulthirm
No it's a public school. All my classes have fees like that though, it's primarily for the textbook we don't use.
ThePiedPiperofRuination
Turns out my school resources (including AP classes) were free because my high school was in a poverty district.
Ulthirm
I would say the general slums of my city counts as the same. We go past the houses built out of old cars every day and the same kids goto my
nanyatenyaa
Your school sucks ass. Id question the admins ethics and budgeting. Suspecting shady shit.
Ulthirm
The district sucks ass, I work for this district as well. They prioritize the schools in the richer neighborhoods (one school has been
ineverwantedtodothis
You are shitting us, right? God how fucking stupid is the American education system?
bananhammock
i just graduated high school 7 years ago and it was completely free. they even gave free laptops. idk what that person is talking about.
Ulthirm
It's primarily for the textbooks we don't use. I wish they gave me a free laptop, I need one.
k4FoodSmasher
It’s gonna get more stupider because there is a push for school vouchers.
TamerlaneMyHammerLame
They justify it by saying you get college credit and that would be more expensive at college
RationalDiscourse
well, that same course, which in college only meets 3 hours a week while the hs class probably meets ~5 hours/week, costs thousands (1)
RationalDiscourse
At the college level. So they aren’t wrong. It’s actual a really good financial deal, AND looks good on a resume and might lead to (2)
RationalDiscourse
But that’s the way it currently is. So unless your parents were on full house, it’s a really smart idea to take those classes for $100
RationalDiscourse
Scholarships which would college even LESS expensive. And I know, it’s fucked that kids have to rely on scholarships to pay for an edu. (3)