We see the lack of knowledge in our high school sophomore. Spanish I and Spanish II are certainly not as rigorous as those courses were when I was in high school. During my junior year in high school, I took Spanish I. From "day 1" we were spoken to in Espanol - not Ingles! (This is her second year of Spanish.) Our teacher began the first class by saying, "Mi nombre es Senora Smith." We learned by immersion and by going to the language lab often and listening with earphones. Sometimes, I will ask her the meaning of simple words, and she has not learned them. She is a bright student, and her personality complements her academic achievements. Her mother has pushed the "dual credit" courses so that she can get ahead in college. As I'm the mother-in-law, I do not have sufficient input to change the situation now. Thankfully, she was educated in quality private school from K-8th grades. The push toward "career-readiness" seems laudable - UNLESS a person has read (or seen the film) "The Giver." "The Giver" is based on a series of books authored by Lois Lowry. I was disturbed realizing that "the state" determined the occupation/job/profession/career of all of its citizens. Citizens were destined from birth to do whatever job "the state" wanted them to do - including perform abortions. With the addition of Artificial Intelligence, the scenario is even more scary. Students will be robots devoid of the ability to think critically, question genuinely, and have any feelings or emotions.
John Taylor Gatto researched this as well in his book, "Weapons of Mass Instruction"
We see the lack of knowledge in our high school sophomore. Spanish I and Spanish II are certainly not as rigorous as those courses were when I was in high school. During my junior year in high school, I took Spanish I. From "day 1" we were spoken to in Espanol - not Ingles! (This is her second year of Spanish.) Our teacher began the first class by saying, "Mi nombre es Senora Smith." We learned by immersion and by going to the language lab often and listening with earphones. Sometimes, I will ask her the meaning of simple words, and she has not learned them. She is a bright student, and her personality complements her academic achievements. Her mother has pushed the "dual credit" courses so that she can get ahead in college. As I'm the mother-in-law, I do not have sufficient input to change the situation now. Thankfully, she was educated in quality private school from K-8th grades. The push toward "career-readiness" seems laudable - UNLESS a person has read (or seen the film) "The Giver." "The Giver" is based on a series of books authored by Lois Lowry. I was disturbed realizing that "the state" determined the occupation/job/profession/career of all of its citizens. Citizens were destined from birth to do whatever job "the state" wanted them to do - including perform abortions. With the addition of Artificial Intelligence, the scenario is even more scary. Students will be robots devoid of the ability to think critically, question genuinely, and have any feelings or emotions.