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It's shocking how recently this all seems to have been removed. I'm in my early 30s and learned most of this in public school.
by Teknoman117 2y ago
It's shocking how recently this all seems to have been removed. I'm in my early 30s and learned most of this in public school.
- crooked-v 2y agoIt's at least partly because, starting with NCLB in 2001, schools got defunded if students didn't do well on standardized tests. That resulted in curricula being redesigned around those standardized tests, and in an even more exaggerated way for obvious reasons in poor schools.
- alistairSH 2y agoLate 40s here. Interestingly, I wasn’t allowed to take home ec - the school considered it beneath me. Latin was thrust upon me as my senior year elective. And I still can’t bake a souflee to save myself.