[QUOTE="Chrypt22"][QUOTE="MrLions"]The fact that our education system is so dumbed down that people are still failing. I'm tutoring a senior who still hasn't learned how to do common algebra like x+4=7 and it's not that he can't do it, it's that he dosn't want to :| It bothers me how High school is just a giant cesspool of horny idiots.Xeros606
yeah in some areas in the country its bad. Here in Colorado the education system is actually pretty good... at least in most parts, not all. Denver Public Schools still needs work. However, my little sister is about to graduate highschooland they have to do demonstrate they they deserve to graduate. They have to take, I think through trig and get a C or better at minimum, and then the same with other subjects. To cap it all off they have to do 50 hours of community service AND have to do a fairly substantial senior project. For example, my little sister is having a camp for girls 10-13 years old to teach them about self esteem and other stuff.. its bigger than it sounds, then they have to present what they did to a panel of 7 professors and they say whether they pass or not. If they dont, they dont graduate and have to re-do it the next semester... and there is always people that dont pass.
So at least in some parts of the country it is getting better.
Sounds quite rigorous. I live in AZ, officially the dumbest state in the union. The highest level of math you have to take is Geometry. Half the people outside of honors classes can barely read... AZ education does suck.
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