Don't Stay In School (hear me out)
By TLChimes
@TLChimes (4822)
United States
August 25, 2015 12:33pm CST
(This is a do over because I couldn't get the links to work right.)
Please see Celtic Eagle's discussion about How Early Do Bus Drivers Get Up to see what inspired this discussion. Thank You... now on to the topic....
There is a song that my 15 year old showed me a while back. (I will link it below) The title was "Don't Stay In School" so I was not thinking I was going to be okay with it. I was wrong.
Basically the artist talks about what real world things he wasn't taught in school and all the things that he learned that he will never really need. It is well done (though I'm not too much into rap music it isn't done in a vulgar way like some)
I happen to agree that a lot of schools (especially here in the US) teach to a test and not to what we will need in the real world. Our schools had classes that would teach things that we could use in the real world (like cooking, changing a tire, how to sew a button, and how to balance a budget.) now they don't cover any of that. They removed it because of money along with art and music and other mentally needed classes.
While I think economics and sciences shouldn't be cut, I think after the basics are taught, they should tailor in more "real world" classes and in high school, the elective classes should be more based on what you want to go to college for. And if you know that college isn't going to be in your future, vocational training should be offered. I would love to see better education about how to take proper care of all aspects of yourself including mental health, avoiding parenthood before you are ready, and protecting yourself from abuse.
Manners should be taught in the youngest grades. I think there is a country that does that..... anyone know?
Less homework should be a thing too.
What are some things you think they should teach? What are your local schools like? What do you think of the song?
What I learned in school vs. What I didn't learn in school. iTunes: http://goo.gl/n4EgkZ | Bandcamp: http://goo.gl/gDetLT I can't remember feeling so passion...
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
26 Aug 15
It would be nice if the schools offered classes like that, especially for students whose parents are not particularly good at those things. However, I really think that parents should be teaching their children that not just in high school but even younger ... making it age-appropriate, of course. I teach my children the value of money, how to save for things that you want, and that if you only have a certain amount of money, then you have to make choices in what you really want to spend the money on, because you can't have everything just because you want it.
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@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
26 Aug 15
@purplealabaster I read your comment and commented on it before finding this one. 
There are a lot of parents who aren't home enough to do a complete job of it. Even when I was in school, they had classes... and back then a lot of families still had a parent home.
There are a lot of parents who aren't home enough to do a complete job of it. Even when I was in school, they had classes... and back then a lot of families still had a parent home.1 person likes this
@dashboardc33 (314)
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26 Aug 15
I saw this before and I absolutely loved it! I actually just went ahead and shared it with some friends again. I completely agree. Parents shouldn't rely on schools to teach their kids. Parents need to teach their kids about things that really do matter in life.
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@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
26 Aug 15
Dave (Boy In A Band) is very intelligent and has great ideas. He and some of his fans even managed to get some schools to talk about it all.
Schools shouldn't have to carry all of the burden but more of the real life lessons would be nice.
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@dashboardc33 (314)
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26 Aug 15
@TLChimes That is so true! I taught my five year old the first 5 amendments. We are working on the rest, but she is a little young. I think it is great to teach them these things at a young age though. They need to learn the things that truly are necessary.
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
26 Aug 15
I like the suggestions about mental health, avoiding parenthood before you are ready and protecting yourself from abuse. I know that for a long time abuse was portrayed as a woman cowering in the corner with cuts and bruises or ending up in the hospital with broken bones. That is abuse, but there are so many other forms of abuse that are not necessarily as obvious and yet still as dangerous as those, but they are not addressed as much. This is changing in schools, though, and there is more focus on "bullying behavior", which is not just physical they also focus on the mental aspects of it. I think that this should be expanded on and taught in all schools and grades, because it is definitely a big issue nowadays and it is starting in the lowest grades.
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@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
26 Aug 15
@purplealabaster It should be, I totally agree. My concern is for the kids that don't get what they need to become better than the life they are stuck in.
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
26 Aug 15
@TLChimes I understand how difficult it is to be a working parent, but I still think that our children should be our priority. We need to be the ones to lay the foundations for our children's future. The schools should definitely supplement this and work with us, but ultimately I think that the burden should be ours.
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