Originally Posted by Kriston
Okay, I really must shut up. You must all be sick to death of hearing me soapboxing tonight! Sorry! blush

I think this discussion is a vital one. At the very least, it's getting everyone to think about the problem and see it from different angles.

Like Kriston and others have said, the schools are supposed to be educating students, and they aren't. The minimum- standards based approach and focusing only on what's on the test are destroying the educational system for everyone. Few or almost no students in public schools are getting breadth of subject coverage, and (especially in elementary schools) many get little or no exposure to music & music history, art & art history, geography, history, literature etc. etc. This situation is particularly hard on the very bright ones, but it's still bad for everyone.

And that just sucks!

Val