What’s the point of taking an interviewing class. They have no skills. What you really mean is you think people should be able to take whatever lame classes they want and still earn a six figure income by the time they’re 23. That idea is moronic. The world doesn’t turn that way.

Please have higher objectives for your children and others.

The curriculum does have it’s problems but not the ones you just spoke of.I work for a sign company and if I couldn’t figure out the math during the hand applicative production phase, i would not have the job. So many kids ask why they are learning this, think they will never need it. I use to be one, so I had to learn the math I needed on the job. it was embarrassing Even the most menial jobs need what the kids are learning in school . Life lessons are to be taught at home. So if you know, teach. Start a part-time evening course at the local school. You can even charge for that. Call it LATCH KEY KIDS

I would rather have students take advanced math, science, and history than have an ignorant group of citizens.

History

“What can you do with an undergraduate degree in history?

Many, many things

As a liberal arts major, of course, the world is your oyster and you can consider a multitude of careers.

Among the jobs you can consider are: advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, campaign worker, consultant, congressional aide, editor, foreign service officer, foundation staffer, information specialist, intelligence agent, journalist, legal assistant, lobbyist, personnel manager, public relations staffer, researcher, teacher . . . the list can be almost endless.”

Math

What kinds of jobs do Industrial Mathematicians get?

Applied mathematicians are found in nearly all industries: Genetic engineering, designer drugs, diesel engines, digital TV, financial markets, electric power, insurance rates, inflation statistics, computer chips, credit cards, and circuit boards all are built and maintained by mathematicians. Their job titles can vary greatly, from “Mathematician” to “Air Transport Analyst.”

What kinds of jobs do mathematicians get in Business applications?

Many mathematicians find employment in business. Mathematicians’ logical, problem-solving approach makes them extremely competitive in any job that requires a 4-year degree, since all corporations and organizations need to manage money and information.

Science

* Agricultural Sciences

* Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing

* Apparel, Textiles and Furnishings

* Biotechnology

* Botany & Plant Sciences

* Ecology

* Entomology & Parasitology

* Environmental Sciences

* Fish and Wildlife Management

* Fisheries Career Links

* Forestry

* Genetics

* Horticulture Career Links

* Life Scientists

* Marine Biology

* Microbiology

* Pharmacology

* Physical Scientists/Chemists

* Physiology

* Veterinary Medicine

* Zoo Careers

* Zoology

Plan on voting? Wouldn’t you like to understand what your candidate says about stem cells? climate change? the environment? alternative energy?

Plan on getting sick? Wouldn’t you like to understand what your physician is saying because you dissected a frog or a fetal pig? Imagine that you were in the doctor’s office and told you that you had colon cancer, but didn’t know what a colon was? If you had taken biology, you might have known what a colon was and you might have known that a diet high in cellulose (otherwise known as plant cell walls or fiber – vegetables and grains) prevents colon cancer.

Plan on having a baby? Not having a baby? Watering your lawn? Taking antibiotics? Pulling a muscle? Needing to know basic first aid? Eating nutritiously?

And this is just 10th grade biology. The U.S. is falling behind in math and science and as this happens, our lead in the world’s technology slips a little more. We need to do more to generate enthusiasm for math and science.

Besides, once you’ve learned how to do basic laundry would there be AP laundry?

And quite frankly, not understanding history, geography, science, math, and literature is what has gotten our society into being what it is. If you take away that understanding, and the motivation to learn, you take away so much more.

Quite frankly, teach your kids those life skills yourself. That’s part of what you learned them for…stop trying to load everything off onto the schools. Parents really do have responsibility for raising their own children – schools are a supplement to that.

Edit – No, I don’t believe schools should be limited to what kids want to learn; most kids, by the sheer virtue of being kids, do not have a wide enough view of the world and their future needs to determine what they should learn. That is why people older, wiser, and more experienced than them generally determine what they need to learn…kind of the been there, done that type of deal.

I think that kids should have options to learn about what they’re interested in, but I don’t believe that it should just be a free for all. And again…not all skills are learned in school. Want to learn how to balance a checkbook? Open an account under your parents’ supervision. Want to learn how to change a tire? Ask your dad/uncle/grandpa/whoever to show you. Want to know how to cook? Open up a cookbook and go for it.

Core classes have been core classes for a few thousand years now, for a reason…they are necessary, even if you don’t see the necessity now. They really do help you understand the world around you a lot better, and they help you function in life more easily.

Honestly, why would you want to take learning out of our schools? Why would you want to take understanding away from our children? Historically, when this has been done, the results have been disastrous. Societies went from being free and democratic to being ruled by the few that had an education. A large part of the basis of our society is the fact that everyone has access to a good education. What they choose to do with it, or whether they choose to do anything with it, is up to them…but it needs to be available and encouraged.

Are you serious!!??? If you haven’t noticed, if you want to survive life, those are the subjects you need to learn.

Maybe it might look pointless now, but learning never has an ending and there’s never a “useless” thing that you learn.

It’s not the school’s responsibilities to teach your child about life.IT”S YOURS.You are the mother and all these stuff is up to you to teach them.Do you think you just drop them off school and they’ll learn everything about life there.NO! They should also learn from you.School was meant to teach them subjects and some skills they need in the future.But that doesn’t mean you can’t teach them too.