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It sounds like such a different world in school than when I went (born in the late 80s). Like the idea that anyone would be pushed towards math is incredible. I
by uxp100 7y ago
It sounds like such a different world in school than when I went (born in the late 80s). Like the idea that anyone would be pushed towards math is incredible. It was constant art and English and foreign languages. Learning to express yourself. To be good at math was pointless, the higher level math teachers had this sort of beaten down feel, even they didn't want to be teaching math, they wanted to teach physics and there weren't any openings. (Aside from one very good statistics class I should say)
But if students have an interest in biology or even an interest in math but if they don't achieve highly in particular subjects in High School they think they can't go on to study it in college, then something is wrong.
- matt4077 7y agoI was born in the early 80s, went to school in the US and Germany, and really cannot connect my experience with yours. If anything, there was a universal attitude that math and science were harder, while the others were easy to pass with just enough engagement in class. But the dominant theme of my recollection would really be that there just wasn’t any such narrative of “the humanities” vs “tech”.
- kurthr 7y agoI remember it being about "well rounded" students who knew History, Philosophy. Literature, Foreign Language... and of course some Biology, and Math, but not really Calculus or Quantum or Programming. Those were for nerds who played D&D!