High School Education in US...

I believe (and a lot of people should) that everyone should have an equal opportunity in Highschool education whether the students take advantage of what is offered/taught or not

But this is simply not the case. 

For instance, my old school in Louisiana, had no honors classes , no Advanced Placement classes, terrible teachers, and was bare minimum to the Louisiana highschool academic standards(which is like one of the lowest in the country to start with). Well like 20 or 30 minutes down the road, yea literally down the road, was another highschool that is the #1 highschool in the Parish, one of the best in the state, Honors for like EVERY class, around 7-8 Advanced Placement classes, really good teachers, so on and so fourth.  But you can't go to it if you do not live in their district

Lucky for me, i care about my education and how rigorous my curriculum is and how prepared i am for college, and talked to my mom and got me transferred to another Highschool. But the thing is, you have to live in that school district in order to go to THAT school. I don't think that is right. Especially for the people who want to expand their education and take harder/more advanced classes, are limited to the schools in there district.  You should have a right for a better education and go to the better school whether you live in that school district or not.  Like say you have to have your own transportation and get into no trouble.

Another thing is some Highschools have like TONS of AP's and teach math up to Calculus AB&BC and them some schools don't even have any AP's nor teach math up to that level...

Thoughts?

High school's a joke.  I learned more in my study halls than I ever did in my actual classes.

Well, I'm pretty sure Louisiana doesn't have any minimum wage laws. So, all they want from you is to push a button or pick things up in a warehouse for like, $5 an hour. You don't need a good education to do that stuff.TruthTellers

high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. Fightingfan

I keep hearing that education is the next bubble to burst.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. topgunmv

I keep hearing that education is the next bubble to burst.

[QUOTE="TruthTellers"]Well, I'm pretty sure Louisiana doesn't have any minimum wage laws. So, all they want from you is to push a button or pick things up in a warehouse for like, $5 an hour. You don't need a good education to do that stuff.Fightingfan

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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. Fightingfan

I keep hearing that education is the next bubble to burst.

high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. Fightingfan

And yeah it's crazy how unfair life is. My mom was the special education teacher at an elementary school in the city and hardly any of the kids had dads. A lot of the moms were on drugs, or were just awful at parenting (some of the moms would just do the homework for the kid - and occasionally do it wrong.) A lot of grandmothers raise the kids. And these children are going to end up a lot like their parents just because of the education system and their parents.

Does anyone actually think that academic equality exists? How good they are all depends on funding. Funding is done through local taxes, which means how good the schools are will depend largely on how rich the area is.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. cain006

And yeah it's crazy how unfair life is. My mom was the special education teacher at an elementary school in the city and hardly any of the kids had dads. A lot of the moms were on drugs, or were just awful at parenting (some of the moms would just do the homework for the kid - and occasionally do it wrong.) A lot of grandmothers raise the kids. And these children are going to end up a lot like their parents just because of the education system and their parents.

[QUOTE="topgunmv"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. Fightingfan

I keep hearing that education is the next bubble to burst.

The federal government is already involved at all levels, it will burst and cost taxpayers dearly.

Does anyone actually think that academic equality exists? How good they are all depends on funding. Funding is done through local taxes, which means how good the schools are will depend largely on how rich the area is.

lx_theo

Basically.  Shows even in private schools. I went to a private college in Mass..  They poured money into just about every little thing.  Of course, money can't solve every issue, but it helps a lot of them.  That, and the corriculum in New England has a much better track record with quality of education in math/sciences than a lot of other areas. 

Does anyone actually think that academic equality exists? How good they are all depends on funding. Funding is done through local taxes, which means how good the schools are will depend largely on how rich the area is.

lx_theo

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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]high school and college is a joke. I can't believe they make college students take 2 yrs of a foreign language - LOL money hungry school industrial complex. Luckily I didn't have to take quiet a few classes in college due to taking them in high school, but still - College in America seems so evil. Fightingfan

And yeah it's crazy how unfair life is. My mom was the special education teacher at an elementary school in the city and hardly any of the kids had dads. A lot of the moms were on drugs, or were just awful at parenting (some of the moms would just do the homework for the kid - and occasionally do it wrong.) A lot of grandmothers raise the kids. And these children are going to end up a lot like their parents just because of the education system and their parents.

  Schools are a joke, a really bad joke.  First of all, shouldnt it teach you what you need to know for your degree, why do you have to take all the random useless crap?  Oh wait, I know, so you will spend lots of money!  

 cain006

  I dont buy that CRAP!  You can make yourself a well rounded person, I did it.  I started becoming more well rounded AFTER college.  I realised that college was actually keeping me from becoming better.  Waste of time.

They want you to be "a well rounded person." I know it's BS, but I think they do it to increase their graduates GPA and to get more money out of you. cain006

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="cain006"]I have to take like 4 or 5 electives but literally every single other class is related to my major in some way.

And yeah it's crazy how unfair life is. My mom was the special education teacher at an elementary school in the city and hardly any of the kids had dads. A lot of the moms were on drugs, or were just awful at parenting (some of the moms would just do the homework for the kid - and occasionally do it wrong.) A lot of grandmothers raise the kids. And these children are going to end up a lot like their parents just because of the education system and their parents.

cain006

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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] WTF are the point of electives in college? I simply took extra sciences that grade father into a BS in biology as I'm doing BS in chem and bio. *Not complete sentences cuz i dont give a fvck Fightingfan

Oh and my electives are basically required to not be related to science/math/engineering. I have to take like 4 classes in fine arts, history, humanities, literature, etc. They do let you double up on some classes like technical writing that you're required to take can also count as a class for literature or whatever. 

While I do feel that college costs are widely inflated, I do not share the belief that they are all in for the money. An example of which would be a school like MIT: http://web.mit.edu/facts/financial.html , 2.9 billion in revenue and 2.7 billion in expenditures doesn't sound like the most efficient bussiness if you ask me.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="cain006"]They want you to be "a well rounded person." I know it's BS, but I think they do it to increase their graduates GPA and to get more money out of you. And you don't have to take a single class that's unrelated to your major? That sounds pretty awesome, I know I would've been better prepared for my co op job if I had taken more engineering type classes instead of electives.

cain006

Oh and my electives are basically required to not be related to science/math/engineering. I have to take like 4 classes in fine arts, history, humanities, literature, etc. They do let you double up on some classes like technical writing that you're required to take can also count as a class for literature or whatever. 

I've noticed that a lot of engineering articles on wikipedia are almost so bad that it reads like something put through google translate.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="cain006"]They want you to be "a well rounded person." I know it's BS, but I think they do it to increase their graduates GPA and to get more money out of you. And you don't have to take a single class that's unrelated to your major? That sounds pretty awesome, I know I would've been better prepared for my co op job if I had taken more engineering type classes instead of electives.

cain006

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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] Yeah, I didn't - any extra sciences simply counted as elective credits and science credits. I mean't grandfather into my other degree, but I guess u figured that out. I did take some BS classes like Composition if you count those requirements for your AA/GE topgunmv

Oh and my electives are basically required to not be related to science/math/engineering. I have to take like 4 classes in fine arts, history, humanities, literature, etc. They do let you double up on some classes like technical writing that you're required to take can also count as a class for literature or whatever. 

I've noticed that a lot of engineering articles on wikipedia are almost so bad that it reads like something put through google translate.

And I think the math stuff is the worst. I will be trying to find out about something I didn't quite get and I will leave more confused than I started.