Tag: education

iicraft505:

iicraft505:

I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.

I also think we should be taught one second language starting really early and have the option to add a second foreign language later in school. There’s no reason we should only be knowing one language.

Also life skills like financial literacy, actually good sex ed, and good mental and physical health information. School is supposed to teach us what we need to know to be successful, and those are arguably the most essential. Math doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to rent a place to live or you die of something preventable.

iicraft505:

I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.

I also think we should be taught one second language starting really early and have the option to add a second foreign language later in school. There’s no reason we should only be knowing one language.

I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.

Legislate the means all you want but people with bad intentions will always find a way. Trying to stop these things at the source is how violence actually goes down. We know what leads to violence and how to prevent, it’s just a matter of putting money into it.

someoneintheshadow446:

nephilimoftomorrow:

someoneintheshadow446:

never-let–it-die:

czechs-and-holdings:

Can we PLEASE remove the stigma for blue collar work in America?

“You don’t wanna be a garbage collector when you grow up, do you?”

$34,000 a year, no college needed?

God forbid you take an honest job $7,000 above Michigan’s average cost of living line.

“You don’t wanna be a ditch digger.”

Bitch, I was making $15 an hour, post tax, doing exactly that, the fuck is wrong with it? (Other than it was physically exhausting.)

We need to help America, as a whole, understand that college is not, and should not be he only option, and that there is NO SHAME in trade school or even getting a career right out of high school.

I, personally, know plumbers making $80,000+ a year. Better than most 4 year degree workers.

We need plumbers, janitors, truck-drivers, garbage collectors, machinists, to keep this nation running smoothly. And they deserve respect for what they do.

Miss me with your classist bullshit.

In India blue collar work has an even bigger stigma and it’s sad. 

“You’ll become a toilet cleaning person lol”
“Look at that man” *points at janitor “you don’t want to grow up like him. Study.”
“Look at the pictures of that farmer. If you don’t study, you will be poor like him.”
“Why don’t you just quit college and work as a koodawala (garbage collector)”
“We’re gonna get you married to a rich guy, probably a doctor or an engineer” (yes, arranged marriage still exists)
“Beta, it doesn’t matter if you become an engineer or not. We’ll get you married to one” (actual joke cracked by my relatives)
Dude, if you don’t like the blue collar stigma in the USA, just stay away from india. We have too many stigmas and stereotypes, I’m surprised we don’t suffocate in our bigotry

“You don’t want to work in a grocery shop.”

“Look at the flower girl, it’s so sad. She could have had a better job.”

“They’re servers. You don’t need to be nice to them.”

“That guy just fixes cars. He’s a rowdy. This guy is a chartered accountant. He is decent.” 

“The only acceptable careers are: Engineer, Doctor, Programmer, Software Developer, Customer Support, Chartered Accountant, Business, Economics, Journalism, Marketing, and Law. Everything else is useless and guys won’t look twice at a girl who doesn’t have these jobs.”

“You’re from a well-to-do family. Don’t do such low work.”

kyuremium-z:

reasonandempathy:

kyuremium-z:

kyuremium-z:

yall i dont usually do this but if you support betsy devos then you can go ahead and unfollow me immediately as well as never communicating with me again

@what-hapen she’s the (possibly future? idk) education chief who, while i dont know much about yet, have heard she tried to defend allowing guns into schools using grizzlies (there are better excuses you dumb cunt) and also is against the IDEA, or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. the act basically allows disabled kids to get an equal opportunity at getting an education, no matter what their disability is, mental or physical.

Clarification points:

  1. She, personally, is going to be getting 50 million dollars in tax cuts from the Trump Administration while publicly saying there’s no money for public education in its current form.
  2. She’s entirely unaware of the Growth vs Proficiency debate in education.
  3. She’s under the belief that the federal IDEA and its implementation should be left to the states as a matter of State’s Rights

that’s even worse

Standardizing colleges to a minimum is one thing but every fucking school is a whole other thing. And we have the ACT and SAT for colleges. Why do we need more. Why.

lovely-luxray-deactivated201701:

Idk, I hate it. It’s really annoying.
Standardized testing SUCKS

Why can’t the ACT and SAT be enough? Some people are really bad test takers and teachers teach to standardized tests instead of teaching the material in a retainable way. It’s all a mess.

Plus it gives schools more freedom which would probably force them to be better because competition which means smarter kids anyway

Plus that’s also more freedom for different school types which means more kids can learn at a school that actually works for them

The school system needs to focus more on knowledge than how much work you can churn out in any period of time.

If you need to learn a skill for some class, what should matter is the ability to do the skill. Otherwise just producing knowledge should be enough.

School also needs to teach respect and universal life skills instead of focusing on college and career planning.

The school system needs to focus on being a safe place to have political discussion, not a place to be indoctrinated. All ideas should be talked about and discussed.

School also needs to account for disability and different learning methods. School can’t be a one size fits all situation. What works for one kid doesn’t necessarily work for the next.

Ideally nobody should have to drop out because school doesn’t work for them.