Obama is President.
I'm watching MSNBC right now, and flipping through other channels and all have projected that Obama has been elected as our 44th President of the United States. edit: Regardless of who your vote was...
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giffted1 wrote: 50 hours of involuntary volunteering for middle school/HS students sounds like an incredible waste of time. The kids that will take it seriously probably don't need to be instilled...
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Patrick425 wrote: Education is all about forcing kids to do things against their will. This is classic. I might need to use this as my signature. Is this the Democrats official view of education? Or...
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Is this the Democrats official view of education? Or wait, isn't this the official motto of MPS? Let's get one thing straight -- I do not equal the comprehensive bodies, views or ideas of the entire...
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Well school is compulsory until you're 18 and unless things have changed since I was a tot, you don't take 100% elective courses. Yes, and since education is compulsory, we owe nothing more to the...
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How is this any different from HS right now (besides the difference in hours.) At least now the kids that want to learn aren't forced to waste their time picking up trash in the park when they could...
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And what would you say "practical value" is? Does this exclude the arts?
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We had to do this in my private high school, and I found it very rewarding. Sure there were those who couldn't care less, but overall it was a positive experience, it definitely opened the eyes of a...
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At least now the kids that want to learn aren't forced to waste their time picking up trash in the park when they could be taking classes with some level of practical value. I disagree -- First, there...
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Well school is compulsory until you're 18 and unless things have changed since I was a tot, you don't take 100% elective courses. Yes, and since education is compulsory, we owe nothing more to the...
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So what do you call "required classes"? We "force" kids to take X years of math, X years of social studies, health, phy ed, etc. What's the difference? Sorry it's not a PC term but it is what it is....
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No one said education is a necessary evil...only that kids view it that way. Like you said, you hated school, but when you were there you had teachers that had an impact on your life. But the fact...
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strawbossisevil wrote: We had to do this in my private high school, and I found it very rewarding. Sure there were those who couldn't care less, but overall it was a positive experience, it definitely...
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Re: MPS. I just recently had a conversation with a friend who was a former MPS teacher. She stated that the problem she saw, was that there is only so much the education system can do. And when the...
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In my middle school, we had "clubs" for the final hour each friday. I don't think it would've hurt any of us if these were volunteer clubs where we hung out with our friends while doing something...
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And what would you say "practical value" is? Does this exclude the arts? Basically, usefulness. The arts do have practical value for some. A drawing class or music class can help a student develop...
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I fail to see how forcing kids to volunteers is suddenly going to change their attitudes toward social service. I missed the part where anyone said "suddenly." It's a process, and is meant to build a...
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If there is going to be any "forced" volunteering, i'd like to be some of it if possible to be the visiting/helping/working with the sick or disabled. I say this because many kids/teens that think...
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i'd like to be some of it if possible to be the visiting/helping/working with the sick or disabled. I agree with this. My fiancee has an aunt living at a home. She's very old, completely deaf, and...
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The difficulty with viewing certain classes as "impractical" is because most schools are not able to develop these subject far enough for the students. If they were more challenging and developed the...
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The difficulty with viewing certain classes as "impractical" is because most schools are not able to develop these subject far enough for the students. And it doesn't help when schools go to block...
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