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Originally Posted by Kenpachi11
Well...i was looking in workbooks today that had 1-5 math and 6th grade math in it. I found out that 6th grade math is harder now then when i had it.
Do you believe what they teach kids now is harder and better than what they taught us?
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I think the standard of public schools is slipping in the west, but rising in the east. Yet the standard of private/expensive schools is rising world wide.
I've seen some "average" kids around the age of 14 and such which don't even know the difference between "their", "there" and "they're". Things like that. It is shocking. English skills in the middle class is definatly falling.
Also, history... well, need I say more? Most schools barely even cover it until you're about 16 or 17, and then it's usually by option.
My father never attended school beyond the age of 16, yet he's got a better knowledge of history than most university graduates. He learned it when he was about 10.
Also, discipline is almost non existant now. It means the kids who don't have self motivation cannot have motivation forced upon them, pretty much gaurenteing they'll have a shit future.