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A deeper thing you're getting at is the irrelevancy of public grade school.

• Zev 18y ago
  Public school isn't irrelevant. It just needs to be updated a bit. The gap between how the current generation (people born post 1980 or so) and people born before before that is huge. And now we're starting to get teachers who grew up in the 1980's and soon, the 90's. Having teachers that know how to relate to kids will do more to keep them interested then any change in the curriculum can do. Because, fundamentally, the curricula is solid - Math doesn't change that often, Physics/Chemistry/Biology/Earth Sciences are well established fields. History is ongoing, but given what High School history classes focus on, it's not going to change much. English/Literature isn't going to change an incredible amount - new books can be added in, but Shakespeare's words haven't changed since he wrote them. Writing styles may come and go, but thats just a small part of everything learned in HS.