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By: dannielle

dannielle — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:04:41 +0000

chris,
I am one of those parents who has often critisized the education system, but I am not against education, as a matter of fact, I think that education is one of the most important aspects of our lives and I beleive that eduction should be a never ending endeavor. yes we need inventors and intellect, but we also need common sense and money management skills. I propose a half way point. Why not work for education reform that instills a joy of learning geared toward each child’s learning style and stop labeling these kids as slow or LD. Lets make sure that each child has a firm grasp on reading and writing and other essential communication skills, and stop cramming information into thier brains for the sole purpose of ensuring high proficiency test scores that will secure funding for the public schools. Lets leave the higher math courses for the students who enjoy them and wish to persue careers in math intensive fields instead of confusing students with drawn out equations for simple math problems that can be solved in less time and with less confusion with basic math. Science and Math ARE VERY important, but at times the desire to take math education to the next level is, for lack of a better word, stupid. My 6th grader does not need 7 over r times the square root of pi to find out what the cost of an item would be with a 20% discount.
Why not make sure that our children are getting the basics down(reading, writing and basic math) and continue to teach them advanced subjects and how to use that knowledge. What good does it do us to have advanced classes in the technical arts, if a lot of the information is just sitting in the students’ brains and they do not know how to apply that knowledge?

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:16:10 +0000

Excellent post. As an educator in math and science, I am constantly shocked at the poor critical thinking, analysis and math skills I see around the stock market, but then when I think about what I see in the classroom, well, no wonder there are so many adults that have so little math sense

Many whom are so quick to be critical of a broad based education are oblivious of their dire ignorance of the world and how this ignorance plays in their ability to come up with the craziest evaluations and conclusions.

Everyday of my childhood I listened to a father who on one side was supportive of an “education,” but on the other side was constantly critical. He did realize it, but his view of education was that it was for job skills only, so what he really valued was job training, but not eduction.

I value education because it is what connects the world and creates civility.

By: Terry Zink

Terry Zink — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:09:05 +0000

I work for Microsoft. At times, I’m torn between my desire to be a trader and my desire to work with technology.

For the past couple of years, I’ve done both — trading in my spare time and keeping my day job. Maybe one day I’ll be able to merge the two, perhaps merging MSN Moneycentral with IBD.

By: Blain Reinkensmeyer

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:42:07 +0000

I agree 110% Chris. I completely support higher education for those that see it as fit for them, and its role in our world is immeasurable. I do also believe though that people can very easily attain wealth without college degrees, but to your point the bottom line is without technology we wouldn’t be here. Need more be said?