Now says wants kids to attend school for 14 years instead of 12 to compete with other countries. It wont matter. They dont teach anyway.
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A real eye opener is to have a foreign exchange student from Germany. They complete the entire US curriculum by 10th grade ... including the sciences and higher math, plus 3 languages ... German (obviously), English, plus a third language. They have real exams ... both written and oral. Of course, no electives or sports. They focus on the basics, as we should.
Our exchange student was bored out of his mind in “on-level” classes. He convinced the school to switch him to AP classes the second semester and out performed all of those students, including having the highest grade in AP English. 😳
Also telling ... Germany gives exchange students zero credit of any kind for their year in the US.
It made us realize just how far our public education has fallen. I’m convinced it is mostly babysitting versus learning.
I agree with you. My cousin in Russia is an electrical engineer because thats what they told her to be, But there are tons of them so (dont laugh) she gave it up, started a kolbassi factory and lives like a queen.
But in US how many graduate and cant even read. They just dont teach what kids need to succeed.
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