10-09-2016, 10:06 AM
(10-06-2016, 08:17 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Blame public schooling. They have dumbed down the curriculum so much, so that the lowest achievers can still pass, that kids of average and above intelligence are no longer taught critical thinking skills, so as to be able to form their own opinions from being presented facts.
The curriculums haven't been dumbed down. As a matter of fact its just the opposite. The curriculums have been expanded to include so much more at each grade level that there is little to no time for teachers to go into any kind of depth when exploring each topic. That is one of the reasons that they are no longer teaching cursive writing at the elementary level. Teachers no longer have the time to go through the proper teaching cycle of learning how to write each letter in capital an lower case, and then how to link them all. They are required to teach so much more that they cannot devote the number of days needed to teach it. And that is just one example.
