What are your thoughts on the modern schooling system?

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by tnff

I recall very few classes with only one book. And many "required" books that the prof never mentioned after the first day. DD is experiencing the same thing right now.

I have four degrees. The courses I took over a span of 40 years required anywhere from one to four books. Political science, history, English and education classes tended to require the most books. I never took an undergrad or graduate course where there was a required book that wasn't on the syllabus.

Originally Posted by Ivorytickler

BUT you do MUCH better in the class if you read everything the professor assigns. I found it helped to start reading before the beginning of the semester.

I learned this strategy with my last degree. i would contact the professor to get a copy of the syllabus as early as possible. I would compare prices between the college bookstore and online, and purchase the books so I had them before classes started. If I didn't have the syllabus, I would just start reading from chapter one.

Originally Posted by Katarina Witt

In college, some of my classes had 2-3 books, and some others, mainly the nursing classes, had just one. In high school, all the classes had just one book and we did not have to buy it. Nor did my kids have to buy books in high school. I realize that in some states kids do have to buy books in K-12, or pay a book fee of some sort.

I can't recall any of my business, math or science classes in college having more than one book.

[vision33r]

For most Americans today I think it's important to take courses in business management and become a boss towards non-American workers. That is the trend today. Most workplaces today hires mostly non-Americans to perform specialized roles and hire Americans to manage them even though they have no clue or background with those specializations.

[roscomac]

Originally Posted by Diane de Poitiers

One of my thoughts - I am glad that I graduated high school before both Common Core standards existed. Math was a difficult enough subject for me as it was, and the way Common Core problems are structured might have made it even worse.

Or perhaps Common Core math instruction would have helped you to learn to think mathematically instead of performing algorithms with numbers. Then you could have UNDERSTOOD what you were doing and why all along, leading to a deeper understanding of math then and now.

[martinmax]

I thought that modern schooling system are good for everyone & to get knowledge not only theoretically but digitally with all minute details which was not possibly in earlier. so the students get smarter and gain knowledge in better way

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by martinmax

I thought that modern schooling system are good for everyone & to get knowledge not only theoretically but digitally with all minute details which was not possibly in earlier. so the students get smarter and gain knowledge in better way

Actually easy access to information has had the opposite effect. Students think they don't need to learn and remember what they learn because they can always look it up. They are very good at finding information but not so good at processing what they find.