If I were King.....

[BEAKER]

Eye kant beeleev tings hav reely gotton thaat baaad! itts a disssgraase!

Really!

[Fishteacher73]

Well, back on thread...

IMO I am a big advocate of the European gymnasium system of education. I have spent time in Sweden under this system and found it a much better system. Those that have had longer exposure to such systems may have a different outlook on them, but my exposure was a very positive one and makes the standard US model look woefully inadequate.

For those that are unfamiliar with the system; here is a quick synopsys. (At least the medodology applied in Sweden that I experienced). Grade school is very simmilar. In the basic equivalence of 8th grade there is an exam. Based on scores, there is a basic split. There is a division from students that pursue academic venues, and those that go down vocational lines.

In "high school" you are divided into "lines". Essentailly programs with specific interests. The lines available vary somewhat from school to schhol, but there is usually a few broad areas. Humanity lines that vary from history, art, languages specialization (A Finnish frind of mine even was in a Dancing line). Scientific lines (Broken into technical [hard sciences, more math and physiocs] Natual scienece lines [more biology, chemistry forused]).

Each line had classes that you went to almost all your classes with the same set of students.

[Fishteacher73]

This system has the advantage of almost self striating... Those with abilities tend to gravitate to the areas in which they excell. This applies to those with abilities that are not specifically academic as well.

[orbsycli]

yeah instead of wasting time in a completely useless class

[infamous]

If I were King, I would promptly turn the reigns over to the queen, why change now after all these years??

[orbsycli]

not that im saying we need "drastic" changes in the school system..but in general:
why change now after all these years? WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!?!??!

[infamous]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

not that im saying we need "drastic" changes in the school system..but in general:
why change now after all these years? WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!?!??!

I was referring to my relationship with my wife Orby, not the school system.

[Biochemist]

Originally Posted by Fishteacher73

This system has the advantage of almost self striating... Those with abilities tend to gravitate to the areas in which they excell. This applies to those with abilities that are not specifically academic as well.

Fish- this sounds a little like the way we manage univertiy curriculum here. You have general ed requirements, and then specifics for a degree. Is there a significant quantity of general ed in the high school curriculum? (math, english, history)? It would seem that would have to be over half of the curriculum at the high school level.

[orbsycli]

Originally Posted by infamous

I was referring to my relationship with my wife Orby, not the school system.

oh, well sorry for the misinterpertation.

[Fishteacher73]

I was in the Natural science line. I took, english, french, history, clac, physics, chemistry and biology. It seemed that the basic academic skills (such as grammar) were already expected to have learned by high school. Also Since we had the same set of students in every class, most lessons were integrated to a degree.