Kids education is harder now?

[Shanis]

I would say not. O.K. I'm just 18 and I learn nearly the same things as my little sister an grade 6 but if I see what my father had to learn 30years ago they stuff today is much easier, especially in math cause there are new ways to solve equations^^ But what has gotten harder is that even elementary school students have to learn english and other stuff I learned 3 years later in 5th grade.

[SSJup81]

IMO, school isn't getting harder...it's being dumbed down so that everyone can pass. With NCLB, it's no surprise.

Originally Posted by Tenchu

Maybe there is a difference between Australia and America.

We learned almost no history. Here I am, 22, and having to self educate myself through documentries because school was a waste of time.

I had history classes from 1st grade to 10th...then again, I am in the US so I guess it's just different. It probably depends on the state or city or county too as far as the US is concerned. I don't see how you can go to school and not have history as a major part of your curriculum.

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by Kandierain15

I would guess so then? bcuz trust me, if school was a waste of time, I would have dropped out already. =P

See, I think it is a waste of time, and have dropped out >.>

[thcuteness]

The school im enrolled in right now is so easy I get bored and fail :/, but other schools I have been too, are ten times harder so yeah I would say education is harder.

[Megabyte117]

I've been enrolled in six schools and I still maintain that education is not what it used to be.

[DevilHunter04]

All they've done is make kids have more math and shit. They started that before I got out of high school. And here in Illinois they're planning to make school year round (like Japan has). Which I think is good, but I wish they did that before I got out of high school. Kids don't need three months off, they don't have anything to do! Where I went to school, in my classes they spent the whole first month reviewing everything we did the year before! It was frustrating as hell.

Though they're chainging things education definitly isn't harder, it just seems that way.

[plizman]

If you are talking about the U.S., no. The standards for graduating high school have gone down and not up in most States.

[strawberryshinya]

in my school the standards in order to pass exams has gotten higher. however the manner in which they teach us has dumbed down. i seriously dont understand how they could do that and hope for our district grades to rise. perhaps they want to see individual determination? they want to see who takes initiative to advance in my school? who knows,but i think thats bull.

[Seanus]

It really depends where. I feel that students are being bombarded with more and more info but most students are like sponges and can absorb it. Still, it should be about quality and not quantity.