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Originally Posted by Brutha  I don't think that school does a good job at the task of preparing people for the corporate world.
Analysing poems is for example a skill that only very few people will need in their working life. |
Yes, but it's boring and tedious to the student that isn't passionate about it, just like working in the corporate environment.
Even the student that is passionate about it would be better served by doing it on his own time. School often limits the thoughts you are allowed to think.
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That depends on how you unterstand that goal. The quest for measurable results lead in the US to an increase in overall testing through ideas like no-child-left-behind.
The call for measurable results leads to focus on those thing that can be easily measured.
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In this case, I meant measurable as in the child can easily apply what they learn. The ability to do something with knowledge is far more important than how they rank on tests. While it's far more subjective it's also easier to identify.