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Originally posted by jabidas:
Not to sound insulting guys but education in America sounds like it really sucks.
I do subjects like Applied maths (yes as in separate to maths) and Physics and Im damned if i can see how they dont apply to the real world. I dont want to use them after school but definatly I can see their usefullness.
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It is true that American public education is hurting right now, but I don't think it is because of bad teachers so much as they have forgotten to teach what should be taught in school and have instead focused more on multi-cultualism, self esteem and the feel good philosopy rather than reading, mathamatics, english, history and the sciences. I think getting back to the basics would be a fine way to start fixing things.
Someone posted about not liking the DeVry grads, I think I know what he is talking about, these are people who learned a set of facts but never learned the importance of learning to think criticly and to reason and to self start. Balanced education is key here. I work with some of those DeVry types who can't think their way out of a paper bag.