Am interested to hear GAW perspectives.
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The arts and P.E. need to be brought back into the curriculum. Reading, writing and arithmetic needs to be front and center in the day to day classes from 1st grade through 12 grade. People should be able to do simple adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in their heads by the time they are adults. Cursive needs to be brought back too. Pledge of Allegiance needs to be every day, like clockwork in classes too. Public schools should not be forced to wear uniforms. That is what Parochial schools are for! (LOL) Catholic humor here.
Add in that schools need to go back to two recesses and a lunch break. Kids need the movement and socialization. It is inhumane to have them at their desks for hours at a time. It would also help with fitness and obesity problems. And let teachers have some say in how their class is conducted. Right now teachers can get in trouble if they are not “teaching the curriculum” and are doing something like saying happy birthday to a student. I kid you not!
Yes! And NEVER again, mandatory masks. Bring back common sense.
100% smartcookie.... & I read quite a bit of solid research to support (no sauce, sorry... no longer have access to these journals & articles)
Specifically manual arts, i.e. shop class.
Yes. I agree.
Lets not forget to bring back the Skills Classes....
Home Economics, where they teach Cooking, Cleaning, Ironing, Laundry, Accounting, Sewing, Architectural Design, etc.....
Shop, where they teach Wood working, Welding, Auto Mechanics, Small Engine repair, Metal Working, Leather Working, etc....
Farm Tech, yeah, it's a lost art.... Taking care of Domestic animals, How to grow your own Food, and lots more....
They removed all this from my school in 1981, luckily for my Community, we are a Ranching/Farming community.... We learned all this at home, or while hanging with friends...
But it isn't taught in schools, so you now have to pay to go to a ""Special Academy"" to learn all these things....
I learned them at home, and in school, BEFORE the 8th Grade.....
What's in your Skills Wheel????
You are right! So much useful subjects were taught when I was growing up.