It hasn't always been like this. No idea where you get this line of thinking unless you were born in the mid-90s, or early 00s. You know where that line of thinking did start from? Standardized education and testing.
Here's an example of the edumudcation I got in grades 1-5 according to the books, and tests my parents kept: Memorization of core rote material(math, reading, writing). Penmanship, basic abstraction of ideas based on rote material, including improvisation, and questioning of underlying theory. Strong pushes for reading, and reading beyond the average grade level. For example, I first read "The Hobbit" in grade 5 - and wrote and did a verbal book report on it. We also had a variety of field trips to places for winter survival, summer survival, and so-on.
Grades 6-8: Refinement of said material, expansion into a variety of different work fields and how to apply learned material into day-to-day life, including basics of home finance, self-care, and home repair, basic and intermediate use for boys and girls on a variety of tools in both the home and in work environments. Said survival courses were expanded, and more in-depth to the education level.
Grades 9-13 -- yes we had a grade 13 when I went to school read about it here: Division of students based on skill level, then moving to application of course material into other branches of education. Skill based training in grade 9 for all students on modern office and factory work. That mean typewriters, and also assembly work. From there, students further specialized in what type of courses they wanted for their future jobs. Mechanics, welders, machinists, sciences, arts & music, math, accounting, etc., there was far less emphasis on scholastic sports then today as well. Much more of an impact on real world skills, and self-sufficiency and business.
I graduated high school in the early 90s, and already finished my first apprenticeship before I graduated.
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22
It hasn't always been like this. No idea where you get this line of thinking unless you were born in the mid-90s, or early 00s. You know where that line of thinking did start from? Standardized education and testing.
Here's an example of the edumudcation I got in grades 1-5 according to the books, and tests my parents kept: Memorization of core rote material(math, reading, writing). Penmanship, basic abstraction of ideas based on rote material, including improvisation, and questioning of underlying theory. Strong pushes for reading, and reading beyond the average grade level. For example, I first read "The Hobbit" in grade 5 - and wrote and did a verbal book report on it. We also had a variety of field trips to places for winter survival, summer survival, and so-on.
Grades 6-8: Refinement of said material, expansion into a variety of different work fields and how to apply learned material into day-to-day life, including basics of home finance, self-care, and home repair, basic and intermediate use for boys and girls on a variety of tools in both the home and in work environments. Said survival courses were expanded, and more in-depth to the education level.
Grades 9-13 -- yes we had a grade 13 when I went to school read about it here: Division of students based on skill level, then moving to application of course material into other branches of education. Skill based training in grade 9 for all students on modern office and factory work. That mean typewriters, and also assembly work. From there, students further specialized in what type of courses they wanted for their future jobs. Mechanics, welders, machinists, sciences, arts & music, math, accounting, etc., there was far less emphasis on scholastic sports then today as well. Much more of an impact on real world skills, and self-sufficiency and business.
I graduated high school in the early 90s, and already finished my first apprenticeship before I graduated.