Why not make school a smorgasbord of job training introductions?
I think schools would be more useful if they offered a lot of short introductions to various jobs. This would allow the students to get an idea of what they need to learn for different jobs, and that would help them make decisions on what they enjoy doing, and what they were good at. For example, instead of spending a year teaching geometry and giving useless exercises to students, such as drawing the graph of 3x – 2y, the school could offer a short course called Introduction to Computer-Controlled Machinery. The students would learn how to do something useful, such as how to use geometry to move a computerized sewing needle to do the embroidery that many children have on their clothing. They would do something simple, such as making a rectangle. This would allow the students to determine whether they enjoyed doing this type of math. If they do, they could go on to more advanced courses and learn the more advanced math necessary create a sailboat. This type of course would teach the sa
I think schools would be more useful if they offered a lot of short introductions to various jobs. This would allow the students to get an idea of what they need to learn for different jobs, and that would help them make decisions on what they enjoy doing, and what they were good at. For example, instead of spending a year teaching geometry and giving useless exercises to students, such as drawing the graph of 3x – 2y, the school could offer a short course called Introduction to Computer-Controlled Machinery. The students would learn how to do something useful, such as how to use geometry to move a computerized sewing needle to do the embroidery that many children have on their clothing. They would do something simple, such as making a rectangle. This would allow the students to determine whether they enjoyed doing this type of math. If they do, they could go on to more advanced courses and learn the more advanced math necessary to create a sailboat. This type of course would teach the
