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sega
Skeptic Friend
USA
73 Posts |
 Posted - 04/28/2001 : 17:18:53
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Poll Question:
If your child could only take classes on 1 subject in highschool, what would it be?
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| Math |
 [36%] |
73 votes |
| Literature (english) |
[17%] |
35 votes |
| Home Economics |
[2%] |
4 votes |
| Biology |
[3%] |
7 votes |
| Chemistry |
[4%] |
9 votes |
| Philosophy |
[20%] |
41 votes |
| History |
[16%] |
32 votes |
| PE |
[2%] |
4 votes |
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Poll Status:
Locked »» |
Total Votes: 205 counted »» |
Last Vote:
06/28/2005 19:03:05 |
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2001 : 17:23:27 [Permalink]
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Hey Hey! A new poll! This looks good for a feature poll.
@tomic
Gravity, not just a good idea...it's the law! |
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sega
Skeptic Friend
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2001 : 19:04:05 [Permalink]
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Just thought I should explain the poll. I beleive that the reason there is a need for skeptic organisations is lack of critical thinking in primary education. Learning how to think is important, and it leads to proper decision making and conclusions when applied to everyday life. I thought it would be interesting to find out what part of high school people think is important above all others. Lets face it, If you don't learn all the stuff in grades 1-8, high scool ain't gonna help much.
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Dog_Ed
Skeptic Friend
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2001 : 22:17:19 [Permalink]
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Sega, as a father of an 11-year-old I can't really answer your question because any one of the subjects shown would give an impossibly one-sided non-education. I'd have to home-school my son if these were my only choices. The ability to read well is absolutely key to continued learning, yet without math there is much that cannot be grasped about science. And without chemistry, biology, and physics many of the ways math connects to the physical world are obscure.
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sega
Skeptic Friend
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2001 : 14:16:53 [Permalink]
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The idea i'm trying to see is what one thing people think is most important after you've learned to read (and hopefully spell, didn't stick for me) and do basic math etc, etc. Lets face it, a large majority of what people learned in HS disappears shortly after leaving if one does not continue their education. Obviously, you can't be a well educated person with only one subject.
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TFarnon
New Member
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2001 : 00:54:12 [Permalink]
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Math drives physics. Physics drives chemistry and engineering. Chemistry drives biology. Biology drives medicine, psychology and other stuff like that. If you can't do the math, it makes it very difficult to do the rest.
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2001 : 20:06:12 [Permalink]
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If you can't do the math, it makes it very difficult to do the rest.
I am so screwed!
@tomic
Gravity, not just a good idea...it's the law! |
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Zandermann
Skeptic Friend
USA
431 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2001 : 21:18:38 [Permalink]
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Math drives physics. Physics drives chemistry and engineering. Chemistry drives biology. Biology drives medicine, psychology and other stuff like that. If you can't do the math, it makes it very difficult to do the rest.
As a math teacher (high school level), it has always seemed to me that, more than the subject matter of math 'driving' the rest, it's the *process*, the exercises in critical thinking and analysis of data, that puts the capable mathematician in the driver's seat.
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broven
New Member
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2001 : 22:12:38 [Permalink]
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Lets face it, a large majority of what people learned in HS disappears shortly after leaving if one does not continue their education
It's not so much what you learn, it's how you learn it. Schools are notorious for teaching you the answers to the questions on the test, without teaching you why they are the answers. We become indoctrinated into this rote memorization of answers pretty early on. We are, in fact, not taught to ask why.
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2001 : 15:18:12 [Permalink]
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Great poll!
I believe that, in order to study biology or chemistry (or any other science), one must have a good understanding of mathematics. On the other hand, there are many infamous antiscientific folks who are excellent mathematicians. A correct course in biology might help, on the other hand, in dispelling many creationist tendencies. And, then again, it might not...
ljbrs
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Zandermann
Skeptic Friend
USA
431 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2001 : 22:43:59 [Permalink]
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Schools are notorious for teaching you the answers to the questions on the test, without teaching you why they are the answers. We become indoctrinated into this rote memorization of answers pretty early on. We are, in fact, not taught to ask why.
Not all schools, not all teachers......In fact, I take a lot of heat during the school year for answering students' questions by walking them through the solution, rather than with a direct 'spoon-feeding'.
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sega
Skeptic Friend
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2001 : 15:54:14 [Permalink]
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Dammit, Math won! I was so hoping for it to be Home Ec.
Must be a whole lotta science types on the board, I kinda thought history would get more answers.
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Lisa
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2001 : 16:00:44 [Permalink]
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Maybe you should have added Driver's Ed.
Seriously, you knew math would win. Without math, how could I have done sight transposition in Jazz ensemble?
Maybe a better question would have been "Based on your high school experience, what was the most useless class?"
Lisa
Chaos...Confusion...Destruction...My Work Here Is Done |
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CM
New Member
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2001 : 16:16:59 [Permalink]
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Yeah, whar's woud shopp et?
Seriously tho, good poll.
Wonder when the day will come when there's a intro to critical thinking class in grade/middle/high school classes?
And what's the curriculum like for the rest of the world?
Friends here in Austin, Tx. are sponsoring a high school student from East Germany. Said the classes are much tighter, education wise, over there,
but more fun over here.
Now, why did I expect that answer?! :-( |
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Lisa
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2001 : 16:28:47 [Permalink]
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A class in critical thinking would do young students so much good later in life. Fortunately, I had a teacher who incorporated this into his everyday class. Surprise, it was my advance English Lit teacher.
Think of all the businesses that would go under in a few years. Astrologers, homeopathics, palmists, tarot card readers...
Hey wait a minute, would we have to support these quacks on welfare? Nah, let them find honest work.
Lisa
Chaos...Confusion...Destruction...My Work Here Is Done |
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sega
Skeptic Friend
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2001 : 16:59:31 [Permalink]
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Hey now! Wood shop was cool. I learned many valuable lessons, like how to type without an index finger, how to construct a bong,and huffing varnish as an alternative to drinking beer.
Edited by - sega on 06/02/2001 17:00:10 |
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