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OK, I can understand that definitely. Geography especially sounds absolutely useless, especially in this day and age. At the very least, anthropology and psychology sound interesting lol

I fucking love psychology. Learning about how fucked up some people are and why is extremely fascinating.

I find serial killers interesting. I enjoy reading about their lives, their mistakes i.e. what tipped the cops off and whatnot.

Yep. I went through a period like that in my life - "what inspired them?", "are they made, or born?", etc.

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I fucking love psychology. Learning about how fucked up some people are and why is extremely fascinating.

I find serial killers interesting. I enjoy reading about their lives, their mistakes i.e. what tipped the cops off and whatnot.

Yep. I went through a period like that in my life - "what inspired them?", "are they made, or born?", etc.

I know about their psychology more than enough. The phase you're referring to is probably the classic teenager in the late years one. I've already passed that phase, unfortunately.

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I find serial killers interesting. I enjoy reading about their lives, their mistakes i.e. what tipped the cops off and whatnot.

Yep. I went through a period like that in my life - "what inspired them?", "are they made, or born?", etc.

I know about their psychology more than enough. The phase you're referring to is probably the classic teenager in the late years one. I've already passed that phase, unfortunately.

Probably.

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I think public schooling through high school is beneficial for the familiarization of very fundamental knowledge.

Provided the pupil Is willing to absorb the Information given, definitely so, I agree.

School just wasn't for me. In my days, the availability of subjects weren't as populated as they are nowadays. Computing was to a bare minimum, with resources somewhat limited. As a result, I'm self-taught right from the days of the good old 16 bit Windows 3.1.

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I disagree with that to a certain extent.
I think some skills are essential: writing and philosophy chiefly among them.

Especially in a field where no one can write well, (Comp Sci) writing can be a huge asset. Portraying things in a clear, logical, concise and without leaving anything out of the equation is critical when working in a team/communicating to higher ups or people in another branch.

Philosophy is the love of wisdom. Not only in a job, but in life imo it's absolutely invaluable to learn how to think critically about things. Taking philosophy for one semester and it blows my mind some of the things i've learned, and it totally makes sense and I absolutely see where I can apply it in my life.
Not even that, but philosophy also teaches the art of how to think through a problem, how to argue with other individuals in a logical manner that actually GETS to a conclusion,etc. etc. If more people took to heart how to argue through a problem in a *really* logical manner, maybe we wouldn't have two absolutely polarized candidates bickering like fucking kids in the debates right now.

Those are the essential humanities in my book. The students should, at least, take intro classes for writing and philosophy.

If they are so inclined they should have the option of taking more, but i'd leave it at that.

As I said, it serves to make people more well-rounded. English should be required, but only to a certain extent. I've taken 10-12 hours of English courses, none of which I actually needed (asides from requirements). I've also taken classes in anthropology, geography, philosophy, and psychology. In my opinion, these are the least valuable courses I have on my transcript.

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I will say that many weren't taught proper English in highschool. The lower level courses can serve as a safety net. There were a lot of international students enrolling at my old university and a number of them were almost illiterate.

OK, I can understand that definitely. Geography especially sounds absolutely useless, especially in this day and age. At the very least, anthropology and psychology sound interesting lol

Geography is not useless. It talks about diversity, geographical vulnerability, hazards, and many affects of globalization and why that's significant.

[Boudica]

The challenge for education at all levels is, how do we asses whether our students are gaining knowledge/skills from instruction? Lower levels, such a primary/elementary etc, will often be closer to a one-size-fits all approach, then as you go up the ladder, you should be in the types of education where you have higher levels of freedom. From studying a Masters in Higher Education, I've become very accustomed to the millions of factors that influence education. Also, don't think me biased towards thinking education is great. I am taking this course, because I believe I can make some contribution to change it.

Education will NEVER be perfect. It's literally impossible. In an ideal world, everybody will be "assessed" in a manner which measures comprehension, learning and some sort of development that shows a difference between before instruction, and after instruction. Ideally every student will have every class taught to them, according to the way in which they LEARN best not memorise). They will also be encouraged to understand the transferable skills from each subject taught as a standard by society's expectations which will help them later in life.

I have just recently taken a mid-term where the teacher was testing our ability to think critically and our comprehension. She gave us no time limits, and there's no right or wrong answer. She will grade us based on our ability to justify our thoughts. So far I have found that this is a far superior method.

I have been lucky to have had many outstanding instructors that have helped me in the way I needed it.