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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie Zureki" data-source="post: 39960" data-attributes="member: 153">Re: In my 3rd year of High School... Now what?&nbsp; &nbsp; Hello,&nbsp; &nbsp; In my previous post, I wrote that I felt my first semester was a waste of time.&nbsp; The classes that I was forced to take, I found irrelevant to my Major, and while any or all knowledge can be a useful in life, I was PAYING for a specific outcome, not to just take some classes..... especially classes like the Slide rule 101, I already knew how to use a sliderule, and though extremely expensive, electronic &quot;slide rule calculators&quot; were becoming available.&nbsp; &nbsp; While I agree that students that want to excell, will excell... I believe that this idea is only correct to those students that are taught (both by their parents and teachers) to value education and value the ability to make their learned knowledge useful.&nbsp; In other words, they need to make the connection between the knowledge they learned and a practical use for this knowledge.&nbsp;&nbsp; Learning, can be an addiction....just watch any 6yr old play a video game....they pick up all of the rules and playing tips very quickly.&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading and Studying feeds the addiction for kids that are supported.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know anything about the NCLB, or really much about the No student left behind crap....but passing ignorant and illiterate kids does not help the child, does not help society and does not help our Country.&nbsp; &nbsp; We Need a Better system, a simpler system that teaches the basic concepts by the 10th grade, and then preps them for college or a skill during their last two years of high school. &nbsp;&nbsp; Recently, I&#039;ve been in a situation where a few young people didn&#039;t know the difference between writing their name and printing their name...&nbsp; one young man didn&#039;t know how to write (sign) his own name.... wtf? &nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, the population is becoming more obese, but, sometimes&nbsp; it&#039;s more than just the laziness or gluttony factor, in many cases it&#039;s economic. There have been numerous studies that show that cheaper food is more unhealthy than quality foods.&nbsp; With the rising prices, combined with a high unemployment rate, and a lessening of the dollar&#039;s value.....people are buying cheaper foods....what they can afford.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 out of 6 American children are considered malnurished and the same amount are not fed three meals a day.&nbsp;&nbsp; There have also been numerous studies that show that cheaper foods are more addictive, higher fat/caloric content means cravings of more of the same. &nbsp;&nbsp; And, while some see the Wall Street Protesters as radicals and nuts, whether you agree with them or not, they have the right to assemble, the right to protest, and they have the right to NOT be beaten, pepper sprayed, thrown to the ground, stomped, kicked or have their arms broken while doing so.&nbsp; And I disagree with you JR, when you say that Wall Street is a sucessful element of the Economy.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wall Street has been the PROBLEM with the Economy. .... but that&#039;s for another time.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hammer&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hammer</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlie Zureki, post: 39960, member: 153"] Re: In my 3rd year of High School... Now what? Hello, In my previous post, I wrote that I felt my first semester was a waste of time. The classes that I was forced to take, I found irrelevant to my Major, and while any or all knowledge can be a useful in life, I was PAYING for a specific outcome, not to just take some classes..... especially classes like the Slide rule 101, I already knew how to use a sliderule, and though extremely expensive, electronic "slide rule calculators" were becoming available. While I agree that students that want to excell, will excell... I believe that this idea is only correct to those students that are taught (both by their parents and teachers) to value education and value the ability to make their learned knowledge useful. In other words, they need to make the connection between the knowledge they learned and a practical use for this knowledge. Learning, can be an addiction....just watch any 6yr old play a video game....they pick up all of the rules and playing tips very quickly. Reading and Studying feeds the addiction for kids that are supported. I don't know anything about the NCLB, or really much about the No student left behind crap....but passing ignorant and illiterate kids does not help the child, does not help society and does not help our Country. We Need a Better system, a simpler system that teaches the basic concepts by the 10th grade, and then preps them for college or a skill during their last two years of high school. Recently, I've been in a situation where a few young people didn't know the difference between writing their name and printing their name... one young man didn't know how to write (sign) his own name.... wtf? Yes, the population is becoming more obese, but, sometimes it's more than just the laziness or gluttony factor, in many cases it's economic. There have been numerous studies that show that cheaper food is more unhealthy than quality foods. With the rising prices, combined with a high unemployment rate, and a lessening of the dollar's value.....people are buying cheaper foods....what they can afford. 1 out of 6 American children are considered malnurished and the same amount are not fed three meals a day. There have also been numerous studies that show that cheaper foods are more addictive, higher fat/caloric content means cravings of more of the same. And, while some see the Wall Street Protesters as radicals and nuts, whether you agree with them or not, they have the right to assemble, the right to protest, and they have the right to NOT be beaten, pepper sprayed, thrown to the ground, stomped, kicked or have their arms broken while doing so. And I disagree with you JR, when you say that Wall Street is a sucessful element of the Economy. Wall Street has been the PROBLEM with the Economy. .... but that's for another time. Hammer Hammer [/QUOTE]

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