Centrehalf
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As far as Sex Ed or any other class goes, it should be up to the parents in the District. I don't think there should be a one size fits all approach.
I've noticed over the last 30 years that attendance at School Board meetings and PTA meetings has dropped substantially, at least where I live. People I know complain about the unbelievable PC garbage they see in their children's textbooks but can't be bothered to attend a meeting and express thier concern. No wonder their concerns aren't addressed. The few who do attend and try to make things better end up becoming frustrated and either send their kids to private school or to a much lesser extent home-school them. That's a shame because those are the people who are vital to positive change in the way public schools work. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame them, I understand why they do that and their kids do have to come first, but it leads to a vicious cycle where fewer and fewer parents participate in decision making in the district. My district at least, I can't speak for them all.
When I went to high school, in order to receive a diploma you were required to take and pass the following:
Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Chemistry, Biology, Government and Ethics, Art, English Lit., Phys Ed., along with the normal elective courses; Analytical Geometry and Calculus were not required but were highly recommended. I didn't go to a prestigious school, I went to a normal public high school.
Now at my local school you don't have to take Phys Ed or Art, you only have to pass Physics or Biology or Chemistry, not all three. Algebra is required, most kids do take Geometry, almost none take Trig. Government and Ethics is required but the course is so horribly PC now it is in effect meaningless. The local high school is a National Exemplary High School and the kids graduating cannot fill out a job application nor perform simple mathematical operations. They can tell you why the anti-Christ is likely to be Republican, they can tell you why gay marraige is a good thing, they can put on a condom with one hand, and they can text like muthas.
Sorry for the long rant but this a topic that gets me everytime. Our public school system should be a huge national asset and a world leader but it's not and that's a shame.
I've noticed over the last 30 years that attendance at School Board meetings and PTA meetings has dropped substantially, at least where I live. People I know complain about the unbelievable PC garbage they see in their children's textbooks but can't be bothered to attend a meeting and express thier concern. No wonder their concerns aren't addressed. The few who do attend and try to make things better end up becoming frustrated and either send their kids to private school or to a much lesser extent home-school them. That's a shame because those are the people who are vital to positive change in the way public schools work. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame them, I understand why they do that and their kids do have to come first, but it leads to a vicious cycle where fewer and fewer parents participate in decision making in the district. My district at least, I can't speak for them all.
When I went to high school, in order to receive a diploma you were required to take and pass the following:
Physics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Chemistry, Biology, Government and Ethics, Art, English Lit., Phys Ed., along with the normal elective courses; Analytical Geometry and Calculus were not required but were highly recommended. I didn't go to a prestigious school, I went to a normal public high school.
Now at my local school you don't have to take Phys Ed or Art, you only have to pass Physics or Biology or Chemistry, not all three. Algebra is required, most kids do take Geometry, almost none take Trig. Government and Ethics is required but the course is so horribly PC now it is in effect meaningless. The local high school is a National Exemplary High School and the kids graduating cannot fill out a job application nor perform simple mathematical operations. They can tell you why the anti-Christ is likely to be Republican, they can tell you why gay marraige is a good thing, they can put on a condom with one hand, and they can text like muthas.
Sorry for the long rant but this a topic that gets me everytime. Our public school system should be a huge national asset and a world leader but it's not and that's a shame.
