A school program is a thing aboutbroke not one hundred copies. And it seems every year they change it, long-suffering: then one will add, then another will be removed. They juggle with astronomy, dances with a tambourine around the lessons of Orthodoxy. It seems that we do not fully understand what is required of school education. We want to give a person the knowledge that will be useful to him in life? Serve as a catalyst for the development of his intellect? Interested in further study of the subject? In any case, something is wrong here. I remember my own study. I talked a lot with my daughter about how they teach now, in her time. And in the end he made his personal rating of the most useless school subjects.
1. Life Safety - Basics of Life Safety
This is an absolute hit.Just look at the abbreviation! It doesn't sound good in itself. And in its long form, it's some kind of stillborn set of words. If you think about it, parents teach their children the basics of life safety. Don't climb into boiling water, don't grab a hot stove, pass a knife correctly and cross the road. And at school? We had a former military man teaching this subject, who enthusiastically told us how to behave during a nuclear explosion. Don't behave at all, you'll die anyway. And me too. And I, like a real hipster with headphones, will die without even realizing what happened. And knowing how to put on a gas mask correctly won't help at all. No, knowledge of how to resuscitate a drowning person, how to wash pepper spray off your face or bandage your arms and legs will definitely come in handy. But memorized military ranks (!) or the practice of writing essays on the topic of "The Ideal Soldier" - hardly. Meanwhile, the first point is usually limited to instructions like "In any unclear situation, apply ice and call an ambulance." (What practice? What are you talking about?) But the second point is presented in quite detail. And, in my opinion, this is an extremely inept waste of time. The essay can be written in Russian. What to replace it with: classes on first aid, how to recognize a stroke, how to act in emergency situations (lost, for example). And it would be good to explain what kind of help a person in such a situation has the right to - from the police, from doctors and officials.
2. Labor education
In the form in which it exists now,This is an anachronism. For example, I was taught to embroider. Guys, seriously? Embroidery can become a hobby. But to devote school time to it? Of course, the basics of cooking or sewing will come in handy. However, it is hardly worth sewing an apron or a skirt at school. In life, only a few will do it anyway. “It would be better if they taught me how to darn socks. Or put patches on jeans,” I grumbled, manually stitching a machine stitch with a needle. Why??? Why do I need these skills? However, I don’t darn socks either - I throw them in the trash with a steady hand. And my daughter was taught to sew on a manual sewing machine. Probably, in case she ends up in the Stone Age and electricity is cancelled. And studying kitchen design? As soon as it comes to my own kitchen, I will be my own designer, and no school textbook will tell me what to do. Boys are taught to sand, saw and plane. No, not bad, of course. Although I have not seen a single adult man who enthusiastically knocks together stools. No, I'm lying. I have seen one. He makes a living doing this. In general, it is much easier to buy a stool than to make one. Of course, I welcome the ability to hold a hammer in your hands. But a milling machine is unlikely to appear in my family nest. What to replace: why not teach girls style lessons, since we have decided to raise ladies? The appropriateness of makeup, the compatibility of colors and elements of clothing - all better than embroidery. Manicure, maybe even the basics of hairdressing. It would be useful for career guidance again. And what about boys? You know, every woman probably dreams of her man being able to fix a faucet or a sink. Do you know many men who knew at least something about the structure of a sink before you asked him to fix something there? And another, in my opinion, useful skill is to understand cars. Change a wheel, screw a terminal on a battery. Know how to open the hood. And certainly neither of them would benefit from driving lessons. At least on the stand, at least the beginning, the basics. Personally, I would trade any embroidery frame for driving practice.
3. Physical Education
Don't rush to throw slippers at me.I am not calling for giving up on activity. But there are nuances. In most schools, physical education is taught simply poorly. And they don’t even count it as a lesson. On the one hand, not every school has the opportunity to teach swimming, for example, or ice skating. And there is no opportunity to take a shower either. And this sucks. On the other hand… I don’t even know. Maybe it’s a tradition? After all, for the last 30 years, physical education lessons have looked the same: we spend most of the term fooling around, playing volleyball in a circle, or chatting. And three or four lessons out of the entire term we pass standards like crazy people. And the majority of us can’t do push-ups, squats, or pull-ups correctly. Maybe they learned the rules of volleyball or basketball? Nope. What have we been doing in physical education for so many years? It’s unclear. But we wrote essays. About basketball. This is how armchair fans grow up. And also - my, personally my physical education teacher was so untalented that he trusted the most active students from my class to conduct relay races. They came up with the stages themselves, conducted them themselves. They felt incredibly cool. For me, the relay races ended when I broke my arm right in the middle of class. After that incident, the sight of the gym scared me to the point of hiccups. And my own appearance scared the teacher to the point of hiccups. What to replace: the basics of self-defense and choreography. Both will be useful. And also - at least some theory of a healthy lifestyle: nutrition, metabolism, other fitness basics. And what do you think about modern education?
- The Soviet era was ideal - everything was in its place and they taught well
- Let's take a cue from the west and let the children choose for themselves what items they need.
- I won't send my child to school at all - I prefer home schooling
- I'm happy with everything, those who complain are just lazy. Or they're just too fat
- The education system is really behind modern life.
Voted: 3856A what do you think about modern education?
- The Soviet system was ideal - everything was in its place, and they taught well29.4%
- Let's take an example from the west and let the children choose what items they need24.9%
- I won't send my child to school at all - I prefer home schooling3.1%
- I'm happy with everything, those who complain are just lazy. Or they're just going crazy with fat. 5.9%
- The education system is really behind modern life36.8%
Voted: 3856
