Trump Administration Moves To Defund Teen Pregnancy Research Programs

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(07-30-2017, 05:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Kids now are all taught how to pass tests in Chemistry, Pre-Algebra, and Classic English Literature... things that even if you weren't taught only to pass the test would likely be entirely pointless in 97% of people's lives. Meanwhile actual useful things like Home Ec, Shop, and the like have absolutely vanished to make way for more test preparations, and kids coming out of HS now can't cook, or fix anything, or change a flat tire on a car, or basic first aid, or make a budget with their money, or any other actual life skill.

Why can't parents teach children how to cook and fix flat tires?

Chemistry, pre-algebra, and English literature--pointless for people not going to college?

Education is different from vocational training. It is not supposed to be "useful" in the sense shop and home ec are. And education is one of those things that diffrerentiates first world countries from third.