I have always heard that many of the high school curriculums overseas are more trade oriented, they prepare you for life, as compared with the US system that somewhat prepares you for college. To be quite frank, though some of the electives that I have taken in college are interesting, they will in no way contribute to my future career as an engineer. I would love to see a better focus on career preperation, having the option in high school to better tailor your classes in the direction that you want to go in life. If you don't know what to do, then the current scatter-brained curriculum makes more sense.
It's a nice thought that handing out condoms at the door in high school will solve all our problems, but I just don't see it. I do believe that strong sex ed is a must, but there's always that fine line between simply educating, and saying here's a condom, just don't get pregnant. If everybody had strong morals (I include myself with everybody), and didn't have sex until marriage, we wouldn't have the problem with the welfare babies. As for that, if women didn't get more money when they have more welfare babies, there would no longer be motivation, other than purely sexual. Not saying it would end it, but even a reduction would be a plus.
Another thought, if we are going to throw away all this money, how about using some of it to promote adoption? It's a win win, the lazy person gets some sort of incentive to turn over her child, while the child gets a loving home, and a future. There would have to be limits though, otherwise welfare women would just become baby machines. I often wonder why more parents don't turn their babies over to adoption when they don't want them. That's the worst part about all of this, the kids get screwed. It's not fault that their parent/ parents are a drain on society, and essentially a waste of oxygen. A 9 month old was just hospitalized here in town for swallowing some of his parent's meth, it's so sad that anyone can have kids.....
