[sdiy] Can your *really* teach "Engineering"?

[Alexander Chayka]

I came out of high school 5 years ago and what I gathered from it was
that it's a cesspool for apathy, laziness, and stupidity, but that's
just a generalization. The real issue I had with it is that no one
answered the couple questions I really wanted answered (which weren't
until the start of my second year in college) and the only fun I had
was the boring programming classes I took. For me highschool should
have been what the first couple years in college really where, but
instead I got a minimum security prison and wasted 2 - 4 good years of
my life.

If people actually took the time to plan out good programs in
elementary and middle schools, high school would be at a junior
college level or obsolete all together.

A while ago in human history you where an adult at 13. Kids of 15-16
went to war. I don't understand why now people expect nothing out of
kids under 18. The brain doesn't finish developing until around 22-23
years of age, so in the future will that be the legal age where
overnight you'll turn into a adult?

(Sorry I'm overly bitter about the subject so I'll end here.)


On 8/19/09, HL-SDK Synths <syntroniks at gmail.com> wrote:
> I relatively recently came from Highschool, It was invaluable to me and
> prepared me well for college. The article mentions a mature 15 year old
> child, what about all of the kids who aren't yet ready to be adults?
>
> As for the question "Can you teach engineering?" Probably, but I like to
> pretend I'm an engineer by heart.
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Alexander Chayka
> <a.s.chayka at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I vote for abolishing high school first of all.
>>
>>
>> http://www.youthrights.net/index.php?title=Let%27s_Abolish_High_School_%28article%29
>>
>> On 8/19/09, James Elliott <johans121 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > We are too worried about consuming 'stuff' and being entertained than
>> > anything else. Why takes risks if you can sit on the couch and laugh at
>> the
>> > tv while eating junk food? Where is the motivation to work when our
>> > heros
>> > are entertainers (actors, athletes, and musicians)?
>> >
>> > -Jim
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----
>> > From: Jerry Gray-Eskue <jerryge at cableone.net>
>> > To: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:35:55 AM
>> > Subject: RE: [sdiy] Can your *really* teach "Engineering"?
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > I have to think that something is very wrong, what is going on in our
>> > education system that we are not progressing on this front? I have to
>> wonder
>> > if the people at large are not looking to the past in various ways
>> > tiring
>> to
>> > find the branch in time that put us here with a view to rewinding
>> > history
>> > and taking an other branch. Maybe that is what the DIY is really all
>> about,
>> > a rewind and redo...
>> >
>> > --Jerry
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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