Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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You mention population keeps increasing. I hear on the news, that developed western countries are losing population. Is the population increase a third world issue?
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Millennials in the WORKFORCE for All industrial nations were tested for math and problem-solving. The US came in LAST. Based on achievement tests, the US primary and secondary systems began declining in 1980. US colleges and Universities are still usually rated # 1 in the world (if you can afford them). Denmark has a claim to have the best education system as they enjoy a 99% literacy rate and free education from primary through College. In Finland, a school teacher must have a Masters Degree and the competition for a position is so high that only 1 in 10 succeed (they MUST pay pretty well). By another rating organization, the US primary and secondary system ranks 30th in math worldwide. The point being, to understand the current inflation and the effect of the FED, the US society at large needs to IMPROVE its math and problem-solving skills. Which means more money INVESTED in public education!!!!!!!! Please. |
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I didn't mention anything about population. You referenced the wrong post.
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From what my wife tells me, the recent public education quality is bad and getting worse in Florida and other states. The US PUBLIC school system is like the base of a pyramid that needs to be strong to support the tip, which could be thought of as advanced A.I. and robotics, which leads to greater US GNP and economic strength. In order to understand and prevent recessions we need the best and brightest economic students to graduate into jobs like staff members for the FED. Today we have a Taiwanese factory that produces the world's highest-quality CHIPS being built in Phoenix. The factory has one major problem, getting enough US engineers and other workers that meet their high standards. If the US wants to RECESSION-PROOF its economy, it needs to start improving education. US workforce millennials are LAST in math and problem-solving among industrialized countries. |
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Thank you for agreeing with the educators assessment. I found high school, many, many years ago, to be an uninspiring educational experience. The schools at that time were more focused on social activities and sports. What a disappointment with the exception of those few top notch teachers who enlightened and educated those of us who were interested. The pep rallies and “clubs” should have been an after school activity. How sports ever got tied into our educational system is beyond me. I can only imagine the distractions today. Most of those “square pegs” in round hole students fared very well after high school in the trade occupations; plumbing, electricians, construction supervisors, carpenters and so forth. We need engineers, professionals and evaluation of directional education is necessary since trade occupations are also extremely important. Our whole educational system needs revamping but I don’t ever see that happening now. |
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From the little that I know about it, the Europeans keep their secondary schools and maybe even college SEPERATE from their sports programs. Which take place in separate sports clubs. In the US there is a quasi combo of the Europe and US methods of dealing with sports. An example would be the Bollitari Tennis Academy (now involving other sports) where tennis was the MAIN emphasis of the Academy. Tennis was taught and practiced in the morning and in the afternoons the kids went to a nearby grade or high school. Their education was secondary to their Tennis skills progress.
In another post, I talked about how the US moved AWAY from Vocational education in high school toward all College Prep type schools. This began about 1980 when the "powers that be" decided that vocational education cost a lot of money and they would have to raise property or other taxes to pay for vocational. This may have NEVER been studied, BUT, I personally, feel that this was a big turning point from both an economic and a psychological point of view !!!!! Economically, it saved tax money for the top and middle economic strata, while punishing the lower US economic strata. It and the increasing population made for large class sizes (like 30 kids) which made it increasingly hard for teachers to teach and hard for the marginally prepared lower-class students to learn. Boys being less mature than girls and having more difficulty being over-active were hurt most by the large class sizes. They also had more behavior problems and were disciplined more. ......to be continued |
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So, I would conclude that by stopping Vocational Education that the US has caused unintended negative consequences and has been SHORT-SIGHTED (aka penny-wise and dollar foolish). And it ripples through society and the US economy. The US economy could be MADE more RECESSION-PROOF by better analysis and improvement of primary and secondary education. Why does Taiwan make the highest level of computer chips in the world? Why did the US RELINQUISH the top spot in science and technology? IMO it began in 1980 when US children were SHORTCHANGED IN SCHOOLS ! |
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I agree with much of what you said with the exception of the loss of trade schools. College became the “in thing” and that’s where the money was focused. And now they’re just over bloated bastions of subpar education with eyes on the sports features. I recognize that isn’t every school but I am amazed at the capabilities of a Magna Cum Laude graduate who told me it wasn’t difficult to achieve.. just turn in the assignments and show up for class. I remember helping her with math and other basic life skills she was missing after her degree.
You do realize that those in the trades live a very good lifestyle and that is because they are handy and ambitious. They don’t have to run to and pay for a health club to stay in shape. They have life skills college grads are missing. We need college and the trades and we need them well educated in their fields. Throwing money at the problem isn’t the answer, intelligent teachers will go along way fixing the problem, as you pointed out the case in Finland. As a side note, if I heard one more person say shtraw, shtrange, shtride, shtump, etc. I’m going to have a fit. There is a whole list of words that are being mauled in the English language. |
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After my last tooth fell out, I shtarted to shpeak like that!
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