Creation Museum...Hey Finn, wanna go?

[merrylander]

There may be hope, watched two episodes on the Newshour of schools in Texas of all places, trying to stem the dropout rate. They are offering university level courses in addition to the regular high school curricula. Seems many kids dropped out from boredom (How well I know that route). At one major school one student received a two year college degree before graduating high school.

In some cases the university professors come to the high school, in other cases the students go to the university. They even accredit some of the high school teachers to teach the courses.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

There may be hope, watched two episodes on the Newshour of schools in Texas of all places, trying to stem the dropout rate. They are offering university level courses in addition to the regular high school curricula. Seems many kids dropped out from boredom (How well I know that route). At one major school one student received a two year college degree before graduating high school.

In some cases the university professors come to the high school, in other cases the students go to the university. They even accredit some of the high school teachers to teach the courses.

I never dropped out entirely, I just took to skipping classes and hanging out at the party spots. I barely maintained enough to pass....on test scores. I would skip classes all week long, then take the tests and score very high. It used to drive my parents and teachers nuts. Then my father noticed I would read the entire text book in the first week, or so. The rest of the year, I would screw off, sleep in class or skip as many days as I could.

I wasn't "behind" the class. I was way ahead of most of them and bored with waiting for them to catch up.

I never went to college because of;

A). My grades, low due to attendence and refusal to do much, if any homework.

B). I figured it just be more of the same.

It was a mistake, of course. I think I would have found college much more interesting and engaging. But, instead, I joined the Navy. Which was an invaluable experience in itself. I learned a whole lot about the real world in those days. Things that will stay with me forever, and I am deeply thankfull for that.

I got one of the two right. Should have done both.

Dave

[beej]

Joined the USN while still in high school, graduated and off I went. There is nothing like a real world education. I always marvel at the wisdom of Mark Twain. This quote is particularly apt in this case: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

[piece-itpete]

But I done traveled one county over a'few year back!



Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

But I done traveled one county over a'few year back!



Pete

We can tell. (I know you're joking.)

I actually had a woman back home in Newton Falls tell me once, and quite forcefully, "I don't give a damn what goes on out there! Everything I know and need to know is right here! This is the best place on earth and that's good enough for me!"

One of the saddest things I have ever heard. 'Cuz that place is as boring and backwards as hell. I guess if boring and backwards is your thing, you have a right to pursue it..........

Dave

[piece-itpete]

I knew you were kidding bro

That's sad. I visited Newton Falls once. I think the high point was a saggy old covered bridge covered in obscene graffitti

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by beej

Joined the USN while still in high school, graduated and off I went. There is nothing like a real world education. I always marvel at the wisdom of Mark Twain. This quote is particularly apt in this case: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

We can tell. (I know you're joking.)

I actually had a woman back home in Newton Falls tell me once, and quite forcefully, "I don't give a damn what goes on out there! Everything I know and need to know is right here! This is the best place on earth and that's good enough for me!"

One of the saddest things I have ever heard. 'Cuz that place is as boring and backwards as hell. I guess if boring and backwards is your thing, you have a right to pursue it..........

Dave

I can say with almost dead certainty that all the folks selling/believing in the notion of American Exceptionalism have never lived or traveled extensively overseas.

[piece-itpete]

Franklin, Jefferson, Adams?

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Franklin, Jefferson, Adams?

Pete

I'm talking about the whole American exceptionalism notion being sold in the past decade or so by the GOP and their Talk Radio/Fox enablers.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I can say with almost dead certainty that all the folks selling/believing in the notion of American Exceptionalism have never lived or traveled extensively overseas.

Why would anyone want to do a thing like that? Hell, a lot of those people don't even know how to speak English!

John