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My high school experience was fairly valuable in certain areas and a waste of time in others. The improvements to my writing and critical thinking were invaluab
by TimPC 5y ago
My high school experience was fairly valuable in certain areas and a waste of time in others. The improvements to my writing and critical thinking were invaluable. Most of the specific knowledge ended up less so. I had a number of great teachers. My school had an enriched program that allowed teachers to get an elite class that they could teach towards and had the added benefit of vastly reducing behaviour problems and bullying in those classes. I think US schools are unusually dystopian compared to the worldwide experience. At least that’s the impression I get from hearing stories.
- JackFr 5y ago> At least that’s the impression I get from hearing stories. You're getting the wrong impression. The vast majority of people have a high school experience which is wholly unremarkable in the telling which you don't hear about. Those with horrific experiences -- they've got a story to tell.
- TimPC 5y agoGood to know. I’ll try and keep that in mind.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoI'm one of the people with stories to tell and this is exactly correct. You only hear about deviations from the norm. Most of the people I know (outside of my bipolar support group) don't have much to say about their childhood.
- Izkata 5y agoMy (US) experience is pretty much the same as yours, though my main valuable topic was math (and math teachers as well, plus one teacher who only taught electives about life after school - resumes/job interviews and stuff like that). It seems to be highly variable and depend on the individual schools.
- TimPC 5y agoI learnt a lot in Math and did well but didn’t feel there was anything in the curriculum I couldn’t have learned independently. English had a lot of subjectivity and soft-skills that required some external calibration for me.