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Originally Posted by scottmandue
I will go counter to the gloom and doom theme of this thread.
First, if there is a science fair in your city go to it (we have one every year here at work) it will boggle you mind what young people are doing nowadays.
Second, my niece and step daughter graduated from high school a year or two ago... they studied calculus, Latin, The list of books they had to read was daunting, and most high schools require 'X' hours of community service to graduate.
Miles above what high school was like when I went in the 70's.
I am not afraid of the future.
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I'd beg to differ about the quality of today's education (public). When I was in school, tests were not open book, and they were not multiple choice. It was a mixture of fill in the blank and essay questions. We were NOT allowed to use calculators. Fast forward to today. My step-son is a Freshman in high school. His finals are this week. Every test he's had is multiple choice, and only multiple choice (even English). Calculators were a REQUIREMENT that he had to bring to school from day one. I will say they've had him read some pretty decent books, though. Furthermore, he's had actual homework maybe twice all year. Most classes, he doesn't even have an assigned book that he can bring home to study from; they share books among the classes. So...I'd say education has gotten pretty damn crappy.