"Well, DARE told me all drugs are terrible, so if I was fine with weed, surely I'll be fine with crystal meth!"
That's not even hyperbole, that was a common thing. When you treat all elicit substances as equally bad, like blanket programs like DARE do, it leads to kids going to more dangerous stuff thinking it's only as bad as the minor stuff. Same sort of thing with abstinence-only sex education.
The entire thing was a mess lol.
I mean, I can totally back this up. But in the context of the US Education system as a whole.
We test students into the ground, as a whole make them feel like they’re a number, stunt creativity, and basically encourage kids that learning isn’t important. Then you have folks that think larger class sizes are good because it makes students “persevere” (which is like saying limiting food supplies and making students fight over it makes them stronger), and treating anything but a college education as inferior.
Well **** that. Trade school is a great choice. I went to college, accumulated debt, and now have to pay it back while working more than I basically get paid to. I go above and beyond for quite a few things, but I still get paid lower than an electrician or plumber would.
There’s also the fact that foreign languages should be taught at earlier ages because the brain absorbs them more easily.
There’s also the fact that not all students learn the same way. I differentiate in my classroom for all sorts of learners, but the most we can give for an exam is extra time or tests read. A creative student isn’t given the outlet to be creative, they just have to answer questions and take a test.
It doesn’t help that the education programs we currently have aren’t really created by people who actually teach. It’s mostly by people who don’t.
The education system in the US could be great, but it’s not where it needs to be.