tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post207899027264218290..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: UC Berkeley gets an 'F' in general educationHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-814576854102575302010-10-16T10:36:44.372-07:002010-10-16T10:36:44.372-07:00I'll make the claim that our general education...I'll make the claim that our general education should never end. We should all be life long learners. <br /><br />Abba12 - I wonder if there is room for both. For those who want to get in, get a education for a particular career, and get out, we ought to have a track for them. For those who want to expand their general education, we ought to have a track for them.<br /><br />Currently universities in America only seem to favor the second approach.Henry Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-19778369069965230502010-08-27T17:13:31.570-07:002010-08-27T17:13:31.570-07:00I actually disagree with this, to me high school a...I actually disagree with this, to me high school and before is the time for a 'general' education. You should learn your history and literature and ecconomics by this point. This is the compulsory school time. Then, you choose to go on and specialize in an academic field, or take one of many alternative career paths.<br /><br />I don't buy into the idea that everyone must attend college, that college is considered the same as years 11 and 12 were just a decade or so back, technically 'optional' but very frowned upon if you didn't do it. To me college is where you go for training and learning specific to a certain subject or possible career path, an alternative to apprentiship, trade school or simply 'working your way up', which is more suited to more intelectual career paths. Theres only so far a general education can go, eventually you have to focus in on something. What does advanced theoretical math have to do with my attempt to get a degree in literature or archeology, and why do I have to pay a thousand dollars to take it. I have learnt the math I need in life, and more, in high school (or should have). Or on the other hand, what does american history have to do with my bioengineering degree. I should already have a decent broad education in the topic, and college level study will have no use in my life.<br /><br />Of course, this works off the idea that highschool actually gives a good grounding for life with a general education, which dosen't happen, but I think we should be fixing the school system, not making the colleges do the work for them.<br /><br />Saying that colleges need to teach a general education past what high schools do or they are failing, is like saying anyone who dosen't attend college has an inadequate education, and I don't believe that is the case, I believe the choice to attend college should be made on the basis of the career path you want to follow, not because everyone else is going or you will be looked upon as unintelligent if you don't go.abba12https://www.blogger.com/profile/06024848413880718215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-17355464550387249462010-08-26T22:37:47.944-07:002010-08-26T22:37:47.944-07:00I got my MLIS at SJSU! Hi Henry. :) But I went t...I got my MLIS at SJSU! Hi Henry. :) But I went to Cal for my undergrad. I was a comp lit major, and had to take 2 science classes, a "breadth requirement" (school code for 'PC class'), American history, and math to a trig. level for my GE classes. Of course that was a while ago, and of course I did have several professors who were vehement Marxists and whatnot. (I confess that we laughed at the Marxist.) I also had some truly amazing and inspiring professors.<br /><br />I guess I don't know if the GE was inadequate or not. I was so under-prepared for college at all that a lot went over my head; I have felt very cheated by my high school education. Thus the classical homeschooling for my kids!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com