The Count To Infinity - v12

[PoryKid575]

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I think that the goal of school is not to get you interested in anything. For one student who will go far in one subject of school, you will find 100 other students that have no interest in it.
School doesn't try to guide you towards a job, it's supposed to guide you to be a citizen of your country. The job comes from outside of school, what you watch on TV, what you talk about with friends and all.

I feel similarly, to me, school is more about teaching you how to learn / think critically rather than the specific subjects taught. Like, you'll probably never need to analyze The Great Gatsby after graduation, but doing so helps teach people how to analyze actually important things down the road as well as providing insight into another historical era (that still influences our present reality). That's why I've never been huge on this recent obsession with gutting humanities in favor of more STEM, they may not offer as many dollars per hour as computer programming, but they're critical to producing well-rounded, informed people that are capable of appreciating and understanding the world around them.

 

[_confused_piplup_]

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On the other hand, I think it's crucial giving the right basics in math, physics and science. I come from a high school where we had like 2/3 hour a week for math and the same for physics. That's not enough at all. They told me I could do anything after that high school, but in reality, you gotta work 3 times harder if you had to study something involving math and physics.

 

[Megan]

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Social sciences are an interesting topic. Knowing how we interact with each other is important for building a future were everyone can feel included. But, of course, businesses don't like it because it doesn't make them more profit.

 

[ReKoil]

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For me in the last years of high school math was basically taught in more of a 'understanding how to use my calculator to solve this' way, rather than 'understanding the math problem' in general. @_@
Not that I mind using a calculator, often it's necessary... it's just that often it felt like you were being taught the desired solution rather than how to solve it.
Consequently I never cared for the subject =P

 

[StCooler]

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Social sciences are part of the sciences that have no purpose other than "understanding", and that don't convert into anything useful for the industry, just as history, archaeology, most biological sciences (botanics, zoology...), all theoretical sciences (theoretical physics, theoretical computer science, and most of mathematics (yes, most mathematics are useless to the industry)), astronomy...

 

[Megan]

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We should bring back math duels. Let two mathematicians duke it out to see who is quickest in solving mathematical equations. Maybe someone could even make an anime about it?