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Considering how little most adults seem to remember about what was taught in high school I'm not entirely sure how much value it provides. It sends me up the wa

Considering how little most adults seem to remember about what was taught in high school I'm not entirely sure how much value it provides. It sends me up the wall when people can't help their kids with the excuse of "I don't know how to do that" despite having done that same thing in school. Pick up the damn book and refresh your memory then.

pyrale 2y ago
You barely remember anything from your toddler years, but they were some of the most impactful in your education. Having had to get back into electricity recently, sure I didn’t remember a thing, but it came back much faster than the first time.
- fallingknife 2y ago
  I remember what I learned. I know how to walk, talk, and use a toilet.
inglor_cz 2y ago
I don't remember many of the advanced algebra classes anymore and I wouldn't be able to tell you why precisely the polynomial equations of 5th and higher degree aren't solvable in radicals (has something to do with sequences of normal subgroups, eh...) But studying advanced maths forced me to learn to think rigorously and take various minuscule details into account, and that skill is valuable.
fsckboy 2y ago
>Considering how little most adults seem to remember about what was taught in high school I'm not entirely sure how much value it provides. maybe it's an elite small percentage who push society forward and improve it, and it's important that they are discovered and learn by learning and not as important what the rest do with their education. I think society should be organized around the common (wo)man, but the common man wants the best doctor when he needs medical care, and the common woman wants the best aircraft designer to have designed any plane she flies on. that's not to say that we should not look for better ways to educate people, perhaps we can find more doctors and plane designers, but just because 10% (or whatever) is all we get out of education doesn't make our education system a bust.
bigfatkitten 2y ago
My last two years of high school were entirely about university entrance preparation. For someone who didn't plan to go to university, those years were of no value whatsoever.

pyrale 2y ago

You barely remember anything from your toddler years, but they were some of the most impactful in your education. Having had to get back into electricity recently, sure I didn’t remember a thing, but it came back much faster than the first time.

fallingknife 2y ago
I remember what I learned. I know how to walk, talk, and use a toilet.

inglor_cz 2y ago

I don't remember many of the advanced algebra classes anymore and I wouldn't be able to tell you why precisely the polynomial equations of 5th and higher degree aren't solvable in radicals (has something to do with sequences of normal subgroups, eh...) But studying advanced maths forced me to learn to think rigorously and take various minuscule details into account, and that skill is valuable.

fsckboy 2y ago

>Considering how little most adults seem to remember about what was taught in high school I'm not entirely sure how much value it provides. maybe it's an elite small percentage who push society forward and improve it, and it's important that they are discovered and learn by learning and not as important what the rest do with their education. I think society should be organized around the common (wo)man, but the common man wants the best doctor when he needs medical care, and the common woman wants the best aircraft designer to have designed any plane she flies on. that's not to say that we should not look for better ways to educate people, perhaps we can find more doctors and plane designers, but just because 10% (or whatever) is all we get out of education doesn't make our education system a bust.

bigfatkitten 2y ago

My last two years of high school were entirely about university entrance preparation. For someone who didn't plan to go to university, those years were of no value whatsoever.