Dumbing down?

[Danoil]

what we have is young people growing up with many problems in there own life requiring stability guidance boundaries where nessisery
they need to learn basic human values like right and wrong fair and unfair to be charitable and giving to be understanding and helpful
all this happening when they are extremely immature and later have so many hormones there heads will explode

and what do they have helping them

parents often working silly hours to pay the bills often one parent with little spare time to interact

we have the tv as a child minder whilst the parents carry on working from home
we also have the pollution off inappropriate tv programs internet content and games
we also have teachers less able to teach as "targets " detract them from a good smooth schooling with the constant changes unsettling pupils and teachers alike
yes as said we have the removal off "heavy"discipline so the lack off respect this entails
but it was nessisery to reduce the barbaric element when i was at school you would get 2 strokes off the strap on your hands if you weren't in line to enter the school after dinner break or 30 seconds late

where you divide up communities and remove roll models and the extended family by getting "on your bike " to look for work
then progressive generations moral compass can worsen with each generation causing a decline in morals

we off course must not blame the kids if the boundaries and correct guidance wasn't there

Just pretty much what I was thinking. What some of us on here need to understand is that it's not Christian values they are missing, it's morality and human values.

What I do have to add though is that a decent education is not necessarily received in a classroom, I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant people who can work absolute wonders with bits of metal, wire, a tool box and a welder and make a bloody good living too but could barely write their own name. Where do they fit into it? Are they to be thrown on the scrap heap because they failed exams (or probably didn't stick around at school long enough to take them).

My point being, the powers that be just don't get that not everyone is cut out for or wants a higher education or university- myself included, and not everyone can do good in an exam which ruins the all important education figures. It doesn't mean that they are no good for anything or they have been failed by the system.

 

[JBR]

Just pretty much what I was thinking. What some of us on here need to understand is that it's not Christian values they are missing, it's morality and human values.

What I do have to add though is that a decent education is not necessarily received in a classroom, I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant people who can work absolute wonders with bits of metal, wire, a tool box and a welder and make a bloody good living too but could barely write their own name. Where do they fit into it? Are they to be thrown on the scrap heap because they failed exams (or probably didn't stick around at school long enough to take them).

My point being, the powers that be just don't get that not everyone is cut out for or wants a higher education or university- myself included, and not everyone can do good in an exam which ruins the all important education figures. It doesn't mean that they are no good for anything or they have been failed by the system.

I completely agree. Not everyone is destined for academic work or any work that relies on higher education.

I do believe, however, that everyone needs a basic education in the traditional 'three Rs'. I maintain that everyone, whatever their chosen career*, will be required to be able to read and write to a certain standard, and simple arithmetic, especially mental, will also be very useful. Then, of course, geometry and more advanced maths can be essential for certain engineering and other practical careers.

(* Except for criminals and career benefits cheats, I suppose.)

Edit: In fact, had I had more sense when I was younger I'd have opted for some sort of engineering job.