Comments on: Why Should All Kids Have to Learn Advanced Math and Advanced Science?

By: Crayola

Crayola — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:05:07 +0000

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By: andymanec

andymanec — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:45:59 +0000

The big reason is that when you're a kid, you don't necessarily know what you want to do, even if you know what you want to do. Plus, giving kids a choice as to what they want to study at an early age would actually limit their choices when they get out into the real world.

I'm a scientist. I absolutely love my job, but it was hard work getting here. If I had been given the choice in middle school and high school, being a teenager and mostly concerned about the present, I might not have taken the classes that I did. I would have taken the easier route. That would have completely shut me out of this career path, even though I couldn't be happier right now.

The purpose of school is to provide us with skills for the future, but also to teach us about the world around us. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is a perfectly valid goal. To limit our education to only one narrow career path would be a huge disservice to future generations.

The big reason, though, is that science literacy is extremely important in the modern world. It's because people don't understand science that Creationism is being introduced into schools (it has no scientific merit, and the controversy is from a political and religious standpoint, not scientific). It's why people get scammed out of money buying bogus "detoxifying" homeopathic treatments. It's why children are going unvaccinated and getting sick and rare diseases are coming back, since many parents falsely believe that vaccines cause autism.

Scientific illiteracy limits career options. More importantly, it leads to injury and even death when people confuse fraudulent and inaccurate medical claims with legitimate medical science. If you don't believe me, check out the link below.
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By: billrussell42

billrussell42 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:57:59 +0000

1. what you call advanced are really barely above basic.

2. and you need those skills to function in a modern technological society, if you plan on doing anything besides flipping burgers.

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By: splugereport

splugereport — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:07:59 +0000

The standard answer is that there is a fundamental joy gained in learning new things and that these subjects aren't a 'wasting of ones time' anymore than the job at taco-bell you're going to have for the rest of your life is. Why limit yourself unnecessarily? Even great artists used to be intelligent, interesting people. The fact that we are now subject to the likes of Ashley Simpson is simply a consequence of your aforementioned reasoning. The tired old 'I never use algebra' argument may have worked for a house-wife in the 50s but doesn't really fly now unless you have a massive trust fund.
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By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:30:59 +0000

Because as a nation, we hope that we are educating our youth beyond what our parents and grandparents knew. We're so far behind the rest of the world as it is, losing more math could only put us further into this "intellectual gutter" our country's gotten ourselves in by not properly funding and running our public education system. The more each individual learns, the more competitive and stronger our country becomes.
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By: ForestFire0

ForestFire0 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:51:59 +0000

Math and Science are probably the two most applicable subjects when it comes to our world. Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology all relate with how things actually function in the real world. Learning these subjects broadens the mind and helps bring order to our world
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By: brandenstark1992

brandenstark1992 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:43:59 +0000

It builds characteristics, im in 11th grade and as much as i hate these classes they still build intellegence and life skills. Besides most people dont know what they want to do and there are ALOT of careers many of the most high paying jobs that revolve around math and science--Medical for science, and buisness for math.
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By: Patisserie Chuck

Patisserie Chuck — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:09:59 +0000

Well, for one, it get them through with the subjects at a much faster rate – they'd have some good time to put to use – acknowledgments from other people, and more opportunities to to reach their goals.
They could do so much more than if they didn't.
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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:52:59 +0000

CUZ THEY ARE STILL AN IMPORTANT HTING IIN LIFE . FOR EXAMPLE PAYING BILLS…
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AND SOME OTHER SH*T I MEAN COME ON LOOK AT UR PARENTS LOOK HOW THEY TURNED OUT
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