Does what you learn in school?? - Page 2

tho i am a management accountant now, i personally dont regret to have studied subjects like geography, history, physics or chemistry. in fact, i am happy that i studied them.

i think what we learn during the ten years is all about general knowledge and nothing else. today, if i read in a news paper about GM cotton, i am able to understand. bcoz i have studied botany at some point to atleast have a vague idea about it. these ten years of education helps us to connect ourselves with the world.

in those ten years, we learnt about our government, the armed forces, fundamental rights and duties as per constitution, our country, the earth, the global relations, causes for climatic changes, grammar and what not??? as for a lot of mathematical principles and techniques that i learnt, i agree that i only use a very few of them.

i still use the debit-credit that i learnt in the eleventh grade. cash flow and fund flow statements and balance sheets are still the same.

so my opinion is

YES. WHAT WE LEARN IN SCHOOL IS USEFUL...

Um - I would say yes

Algebra - well the percent and stuff for ur taxes and other money related things. Also that would be under social studies where u learn about hte economic independence. Algebra - angles, for driving. Like speed and stuff.

History - well the econmic stuff. Politacl and social things of life.

English - well u need to know how to read and write

Science - maybe not always but maybe to help ur child. LIke what's happened to him. The basic sceince - like Body Temp. And if u moved to india - and ur child get sick, converting the C to F, celsius to Farenheight. Also that gasoline and fire make a big boom. So u should know that to.

A language - it'll be good to know another language. Like spanish or sumtin. If ur Co-WOrker doesn't speak good english, u can explain using the spanish u know. He might get it

so I think - yes - these things are important in life. Also used to get a good Job😛

Subjects I read in school Maths, Physics, Chem., Bio., Eng., Hindi(third lang.), Beng., Hist. and Geog.

Maths., Physics, Chem.(1st yr) - I continued with for my bachelors.

Bio. - I have come to know about the plant and the animal kingdoms. I have got the little idea how my body functions, the deficiencies, what are nutrients and vitamins, their uses, etc.

Eng. - You never know where you end up. It helped me in expressing myself, worked for me many times.

Hindi- Our national language, knowing it helped me communicating with my fellow Indians. Not to forget the movies and songs 😉 .

Beng.- Had to, since my mother tongue. Helped me know my culture, my people better. Got to read some great creations in the field of literature.

Geog. - I know the world better, even better than many Americans. Also when visit a Shenandoah or Grand Canyon or Yellowstone gysers or any beautiful landscape, I remember Subha-miss(my geography teacher), how nicely she taught us and made us desirous to watch them.

Hist.- Here I hope all will agree, without knowing better about the past it's "No entry" in the Debate Mansion. When you have some idea of history only then you can do research on the subject. Also the constitution and how it works, to take part in politics related discussions.

And also for history: If u dun know the past, U will be oblivous to the future.

[quote=pradarshak]Hist.- Here I hope all will agree, without knowing better about the past it's "No entry" in the Debate Mansion. When you have some idea of history only then you can do research on the subject. Also the constitution and how it works, to take part in politics related discussions.[/quote]

If this is the case... then i haven't studied history ever as a subject.. all my knowledge is through encyclopedia. 😊

I don't deny the "Long-term" use of different subjects..[and neither im against it] the point im trying to raise is "Specialized approach". When i see Afrah Kareem Randhawa doing "Microsoft certified professional" degree at the age of just 9 yrs and a young boy completing the tough course of ACCA at just 18.3 yrs... Tell me how did these children accomplish such things :Parents quickly analysed their capabilities and immediately put them in their respective fields. Now these children are Master of their fields. Why should not we start this too? becoz this is a highly competitive era, should not we change our conventional methods of study and make it more articulate? Why do we need 2-3 yrs course of a particular subject to gain general knowledge

For the purpose of reading and increasing knowledge, education systems can have a general knowledge paper mentioning the percentage coverage of the subjects recommended[through general reading].. in this way we can have early professionals experts in their respective fields in less time also having the knowledge abt other subjects

Originally posted by: abhijit shukla

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

- Mark Twain

If you have not had an exposure to these things in school, how would you know what you want to learn in college? I agree a lot of things you learn in school never helps you in life. I am 41 and I still have facts in my head that I learned more than 30years ago that I will never use like: Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark (isn't it Denmark?) or Aurangzeb died in 1707 or third type of lever has force in the middle, etc. but I do not regret learning those things. There are things I learned in Medical school that I have never used. But you cannot limit your learning to need-to-know basis. If you can find time and space in your head to learn Paris Hilton's dog's name and Rani Mukherji's dress designer, the things you mentioned are definitely worth learning.

Well said!!

We get bored and stressed only when we try to remember facts,numbers.Knowing facts is not Knowledge,facts are part of Knowledge.We need to enjoy studying then the question of advantage ,disadvantage does'nt arise.At the same time we need to put extra effort on our areas of specializations.We cannot be like Socrates,plato and all philosophers and we need to be practical also,we don't stay in utopian world.

cheers,

Mythili

Originally posted by: jprasad

well, I never did sew again or practice algebra. Come to think of it I don't even remember high school forget about what I was taught. 😆

😆 😆 😆

We need a "back to school" system where we can go back and take classes we slept thru or don't even remember taking it in the first place. 😆

Originally posted by: MNMS

[quote=pradarshak]Hist.- Here I hope all will agree, without knowing better about the past it's "No entry" in the Debate Mansion. When you have some idea of history only then you can do research on the subject. Also the constitution and how it works, to take part in politics related discussions.[/quote]

If this is the case... then i haven't studied history ever as a subject.. all my knowledge is through encyclopedia. 😊

I don't deny the "Long-term" use of different subjects..[and neither im against it] the point im trying to raise is "Specialized approach". When i see Afrah Kareem Randhawa doing "Microsoft certified professional" degree at the age of just 9 yrs and a young boy completing the tough course of ACCA at just 18.3 yrs... Tell me how did these children accomplish such things :Parents quickly analysed their capabilities and immediately put them in their respective fields. Now these children are Master of their fields. Why should not we start this too? becoz this is a highly competitive era, should not we change our conventional methods of study and make it more articulate? Why do we need 2-3 yrs course of a particular subject to gain general knowledge

For the purpose of reading and increasing knowledge, education systems can have a general knowledge paper mentioning the percentage coverage of the subjects recommended[through general reading].. in this way we can have early professionals experts in their respective fields in less time also having the knowledge abt other subjects

If you have some prior knowledge, I guess everytime you don't have to open the encyclopedia or wikepedia. Having knowledge in other subjects helps building the socializing skills. I guess the kids you mentioned are born with some extra-ordinary intelligence, which not every common person can achieve, everyone can't be a scientist or researcher.

There are lot many things which we don't always experience but learn through books of various kinds. Thus makes us prepared to realize and face life. If the goal of life is just to have a successful career I guess you are right, but reading all subjects adds some extra qualities.

[quote=pradarshak]There are lot many things which we don't always experience but learn through books of various kinds. Thus makes us prepared to realize and face life. If the goal of life is just to have a successful career I guess you are right, but reading all subjects adds some extra qualities.

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Yes i agree that i gave extra ordinary examples.. but it is basically the "Opportunity" factor that has given them to rise above the rest. Even Afrah kareem said "I am not good at studies in general, you can see my grades so far, but my parents gave me the opportunity and i followed the track".

May be i am too much emphasizing on the career side, but ultimately in this era aren't we all career oriented? Even if somebody receives a Ph.D degree, they are definately going to land on some career (teaching, research, etc).

I say again, My point is not "Against" knowledge, i am just saying to utilize the initial years so that children are more focused. We have got a long life ahead of us, we can gain knowledge by reading, encyclopedias, different sources when we need them and can use them as socializing skills 😊 May be becoz im sort of opposing/challenging a long time traditional educational method, but when i look at past era scientist like Bu Ali Sina, that man was a MASTER of astrology, medicine, etc at just the age of 17 👏 i wonder our children are more mature, intelligent in this era, why not they 😊