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Subject: High School should be abolished.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Talk to any adult, and, if they're honest, will tell you that they do not use a large majority of what they learned in high school later in their life?

So what exactly is the purpose of high school? To let you figure out what you want to do with your life?

I figure there should be some intermediary between middle school and University/College where you sample jobs and explore carrer opportunities while saving for your eventual higher education. I mean, once you learn reading, writing, arithmetic, etc. in middle school, everything beyond it is just an accessory.

In going straight to college out of high school, you're essentially taking a chance with what you think you would like to do, and have to feel the consequences of the choice your own life. Think of how many people got halfway through University and found that it was not what they wanted to do, but end up wasting their lives doing it.

Thought on this, Flood?

[Edited on 01.07.2013 7:35 PM PST]

  • 01.07.2013 7:32 PM PDT
Subject: Why do we go to school for so long?


Posted by: McNut117


So what exactly is the purpose of high school?


To improve yourself both socially and intellectually.

  • 01.07.2013 7:34 PM PDT

They want to waste your time with work and useless knowledge so that you wouldn't be able to live a proper childhood with friends and family.

  • 01.07.2013 7:35 PM PDT

Do you like Green Eggs and Ham???

I wish I could have gone during the summer while in High School.

3 months of summer for 3 years = 1 extra school year, I graduate at 17.

  • 01.07.2013 7:35 PM PDT
Subject: High School should be abolished.

I'm not sure what you're looking for.

"Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing" -- Proverbs 12:18

College is advanced studies in a field of your choice.

Below College is pretty much basic skills and things to sparky your interest.

  • 01.07.2013 7:35 PM PDT
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So much time is wasted too. I'm getting 2 hours added on to every day, plus a longer school year for my senior year.

I <3 NY.

  • 01.07.2013 7:35 PM PDT

I like to play Reach for fun. I hate MLG, campers, armor lock, and team killers because they ruin that fun. Deal with it.

Middle school isn't enough to prepare one for the future and college is too far a step up from middle school.

  • 01.07.2013 7:36 PM PDT

Remember those times when we all had something better to be doing, but didn't do it? Those were good times. Gooood times


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So much time is wasted too. I'm getting 2 hours added on to every day, plus a longer school year for my senior year.

I <3 NY.

Ouch. Thank god I'm getting out of the NY school system

  • 01.07.2013 7:38 PM PDT

ur dum op

Honestly though, dont you think the social aspect is important?

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  • 01.07.2013 7:38 PM PDT

the point of high school is to give you a base on what you wish to learn, and prepare you for college life.

  • 01.07.2013 7:38 PM PDT

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My pre-calc teacher once told me that what he was teaching in his class did not matter in the slightest. He said he didn't care if you don't remember a thing from his class when you graduate. But he said that the real reason behind high school is to teach you how to learn. Middle school doesn't teach you how to learn, it teaches you how to pay attention. If you can learn how to learn in high school, college will be a heck of a lot easier.

  • 01.07.2013 7:51 PM PDT

Calculus calms my troubled mind

You guys are silly. The education was designed by German nationalists during the industrial revolution to take advantage of the masses by making them smart enough to do the basic tasks like language skills and algebra they needed to be a powerful labor force while still being disciplined and unquestioning as to be controlled.

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Posted by: AgentCOP1
My pre-calc teacher once told me that what he was teaching in his class did not matter in the slightest. He said he didn't care if you don't remember a thing from his class when you graduate. But he said that the real reason behind high school is to teach you how to learn. Middle school doesn't teach you how to learn, it teaches you how to pay attention. If you can learn how to learn in high school, college will be a heck of a lot easier.

Your pre calc teacher is a smart guy.

  • 01.07.2013 7:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: AgentCOP1
My pre-calc teacher once told me that what he was teaching in his class did not matter in the slightest. He said he didn't care if you don't remember a thing from his class when you graduate. But he said that the real reason behind high school is to teach you how to learn. Middle school doesn't teach you how to learn, it teaches you how to pay attention. If you can learn how to learn in high school, college will be a heck of a lot easier.

Your pre calc teacher is a smart guy.
id like to agree, but more than anything... after my first semester of college I feel like that's its mission. To teach you to learn how to learn-teach yourself

  • 01.07.2013 8:03 PM PDT

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But then you guys will never leave your houses.

  • 01.07.2013 8:04 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

"You go to high school to be with your friends"
I did high school so wrong.

  • 01.07.2013 8:06 PM PDT

High school was fun. Got me interested in doing what I am now.

High school should be focussed a lot on job placement, but should still have a lot of theoretical stuff in it if that's what your job requires.

IE: Grades 1-3 should be reading, writing, basic math, Grades 4-6 should be quick advancements through each, and grades 7-10 should be specializations into what you want to do. I feel like we move to slowly through the grades.

  • 01.07.2013 8:13 PM PDT
Subject: Why do we go to school for so long?

Muffins are just ugly cupcakes

Because if people only bothered learning the knowledge they needed and quit there, twe'd still be in the stone age.

  • 01.07.2013 8:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: George S Patton
ur dum op

Honestly though, dont you think the social aspect is important?


Judging by todays graduates, that is a rather moot point, as they seem to socially digress whilst in high school.

  • 01.07.2013 8:17 PM PDT


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Posted by: McNut117


So what exactly is the purpose of high school?


To improve yourself both socially
Too bad High School destroyed my Social ability.. and I'm just finally starting to make some serious recovery while my third year working at my old Elementary school. I think High School was definitely a waste of time Academically.

[Edited on 01.07.2013 8:18 PM PST]

  • 01.07.2013 8:17 PM PDT
Subject: Why do we go to school for so long?

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Posted by: McNut117


So what exactly is the purpose of high school?


To improve yourself both socially and intellectually.

  • 01.07.2013 8:18 PM PDT

Pro Tip: Take that "useless" education, get it documented with you know your diplomas. take those diplomas to go to college for another "useless" education. Then (and this is the hard part) Make money and live happy.

  • 01.07.2013 8:18 PM PDT
Subject: High School should be abolished.


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Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: McNut117


So what exactly is the purpose of high school?


To improve yourself both socially
Too bad High School destroyed my Social ability.. and I'm just finally starting to make some serious recovery while my third year working at my old Elementary school. I think High School was definitely a waste of time Academically.


How could it destroy your social ability?

  • 01.07.2013 8:20 PM PDT

Connor Morris

They teach stuff like that because you can use it in a career.

All math is used in a career of some sort.
Art can help you become and artist, graphic designer, concept artist, etc.
Language Arts can help you become a good writer
Science can help you build a career in chemistry, biology, and other things

  • 01.07.2013 8:22 PM PDT


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Posted by: Forgewolf

Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: McNut117


So what exactly is the purpose of high school?


To improve yourself both socially
Too bad High School destroyed my Social ability.. and I'm just finally starting to make some serious recovery while my third year working at my old Elementary school. I think High School was definitely a waste of time Academically.


How could it destroy your social ability?
Before I went to High School, I could look people straight in the eyes and chat with them. Didn't matter who. During and after High School I'd isolate myself from people. Had difficulty making eye contact with anyone because of it.

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