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Charean · 11-04-2002, 12:48 PM

Magik, if that is the way the school system in MD is now... I am totally disgusted. I grew up in Montgomery County and at one time it was among the best in the country. And we learned the basics as well as foreign language. We had Political Science, Earth Science and Drama and Band and Choir. We also had top notch English - where we learned about Shakespeare, not how to pass a test, Algebra, Geometry, and even had Consumer Math (highly underrated in my opinion. That is how I learned about insurance, interest loans and other nifty things).

Why the cirriculum has changed so idiotically is beyond me. School should help you prepare for work, but also how to learn so you can go out and learn on your own. Bloody shame that now it is more about passing Standardized Testing than about learning skills. Here is TX it is a serious bone of contention.

11-04-2002, 12:48 PM	#34
Charean Hathor Join Date: March 6, 2001 Location: Waxahachie, TX Age: 61 Posts: 2,201	Magik, if that is the way the school system in MD is now... I am totally disgusted. I grew up in Montgomery County and at one time it was among the best in the country. And we learned the basics as well as foreign language. We had Political Science, Earth Science and Drama and Band and Choir. We also had top notch English - where we learned about Shakespeare, not how to pass a test, Algebra, Geometry, and even had Consumer Math (highly underrated in my opinion. That is how I learned about insurance, interest loans and other nifty things). Why the cirriculum has changed so idiotically is beyond me. School should help you prepare for work, but also how to learn so you can go out and learn on your own. Bloody shame that now it is more about passing Standardized Testing than about learning skills. Here is TX it is a serious bone of contention. __________________ And then there were 6.