<p>You want to hear about bad elementary school experiences? My fifth grade teacher said, and I quote, “You are all miserable, spawn-of-Satan b@$t@rd$.” That was probably her worst outburst, mostly she would just lock her self in the closet with a balloon and talk on the phone to her boyfriend, Moe. She was a real winner.</p>
<p>^ ■■■■■ that actually made me LOL. ■■■■■ Damn. *** was up with her? She had some issues? Damn. lol.</p>
<p>I wish I had a whack job teacher in elementary school. Ours were mean but were also super serious. Like, kids say you get more homework and projects in 4th grade than 11th grade.</p>
<p>^ That’s as it should be. Once kids learn to read, the rest of elementary school is basically just busywork until their brains grow enough to understand algebra.</p>
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<p>Privatize everything (and regulate it all). This is especially true for education. And possibly health care. Theoretically, regulations should prevent the worst excesses of the free market from coming up.</p>
<p>Anyways, some people will have instinctive negative reactions to these ideas. But how would we know unless we test it out first?</p>
<p>I’d make a law requiring doctors to cure the common cold.</p>
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But seriously, isn’t it a little unfair to subject little 4th graders to the grinds of all-nighters finishing monthly book reports, monthly state reports, monthly posterboards, etc. etc. etc.? Why can’t we just progress forward instead of getting tortured with projects?</p>
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But seriously, isn’t it a little unfair to subject little 4th graders to the grinds of all-nighters finishing monthly book reports, monthly state reports, monthly posterboards, etc. etc. etc.? Why can’t we just progress forward instead of getting tortured with projects?</p>
<p>Especially considering that homework in elementary school does <em>nothing</em> for learning and understanding.</p>
<p>All money goes to MIThopeful16, and he is supreme overlord of the world.</p>
<p>I would make being obese punishable by making the obese person only eat/drink water for a month.</p>
<p>^ok that’s fuc&ed up.</p>
<p>Legalize (and tax) all drugs.</p>
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<p>Because, as I said, kids’ brains haven’t developed enough to handle things like algebra until sometime in late middle school.</p>
<p>Most kids master colors, counting, and reading by at least 2nd grade, but to progress forward from there requires critical thinking that most kids don’t develop for several more years.</p>
<p>Public schools can’t require students to present projects, powerpoints, speeches, etc in front of their peers.
Srsly. **** public speaking, and the emphasis my HS puts on presenting to your class is ridiculous. We even had to do 2 presentations in math one year. MATH.</p>
<p>I will say, good communication skills are one of the most important factors of success in your career.</p>
<p>^ And also one of the few things schools are ideally suited to teach.</p>
<p>Oral presentations should be a fundamental part of a school.</p>
<p>Hell… one of these days I have to give a computer science presentation.</p>
<p>I don’t doubt that most schools can do a good job of teaching public speaking skills. But my school is awful at going about it. They never make us do presentations about interesting things, but rather force us to awkwardly talk about uninteresting things like a biography of an author or describe an innovation. Which leads to 30 painful, uninteresting presentations about some dull topic, and these continous bad experiences with public speaking destroy a lot of people’s confidence and comfort with it.</p>
<p>^ Well, in your career you may be forced to make a presentation or two about something you find uninteresting. You would be extremely lucky to find everything you do over the course of a career interesting</p>