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They should teach them, but only as electives.
(I assume you meant that unnecessary subjects shouldn't be mandatory. It would be silly to have a
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I really loved learning about baskets in basketweaving class. It was fun. There was a girl in my
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First, you need to define “unnecessary” subjects. This differs wildly between people.
Are music and art unnecessary? They are if you see what are the first things slashed during school
budget cuts. How about foreign languages or physical education?
As for “old and outdated” subjects, I’m assuming you are talking about classic literature.
I can’t imagine an educated person with zero exposure to Shakespeare, Dickens, Faulkner, George
Eliot, the Romantic poets, or Mark Twain.
When I see the multicultural lit being taught in the U.S, I cringe. Sure, Toni Morrison and Amy Tan
are excellent writers, but to teach them at the expense of the above authors is criminal.
As for the irrelevancy of history, this is patently untrue. You think it’s OK to have zero
knowledge of your country’s history, let alone that of the rest of the world?
This debate is about the insidious dumbing-down of our culture. |
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You never specifically states what exactly you object to learning in terms of subject matter, when
it comes to things "old and outdated" it made me think of a quote by George Santayana which was
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" Granted not everything in history is
the most exciting thing in the world but there is a lot worth learning. How does the world go
forward without understanding what has taken place in the past? If past mistakes and lessons were
never heeded then would the world not be left to stagnate? Now not addressing the possibility of it
being history what else could truly be that bad or "unnecessary" if it were truly "unnecessary" do
you truly believe that anyone would willingly waste there time teaching it? Is it not better to
learn at least a little bit of everything to aid in becoming a well rounded person? |
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You failed to mention what you consider an “unnecessary” subject. I, personally, don’t know of
any “unnecessary” subjects within any school I’ve ever went to. |
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12 Apr 2008 02:00
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