Re:Poll: I would have preferred to compress my K-12 educatio...
by michael_dorfman on Friday June 19, 2009 @12:13PM
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I'm not sure I fully understand the point of the question. I've got several children in K-12 now, and there's no doubt in my mind that the school system could be more aggressive in terms of the amount of content they fit in (at least as far as I my kids are concerned.)
However, if they did so, the goal (for me) would be to teach them more in the same amount of time, not to shave years off of the school experience in order to get them into the workplace faster. Obviously, young people who want to go straight into the workforce always have the option of dropping out of school, but that doesn't mean that the societal goal should be that all 17-year-olds should be finished with structured education.
However, if they did so, the goal (for me) would be to teach them more in the same amount of time, not to shave years off of the school experience in order to get them into the workplace faster. Obviously, young people who want to go straight into the workforce always have the option of dropping out of school, but that doesn't mean that the societal goal should be that all 17-year-olds should be finished with structured education.