From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 13:04:52 MST
I'd like to add the opinion that we are far too occupied with sports in
this country to worry about our educational curriculums. If less emphasis
was placed on school "winning", we could concentrate more on what our
students are learning. I don't advocate getting rid of our physical
education programs, just that we try to place more emphasis on scholastic
achievements, or at minimum, balance them out with the sports.
Fel
At 12:49 PM 8/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Many interesting points, but I suspect the real reason why US public
>education is so uninterested in teaching science is that it requires
>equipment, labs, supplies--MONEY. God forbid we should actually spend money
>on education--it's bad enough having to pay the teachers! This whole arts v.
>science mindset seems to have glossed over the fact that what gets cut and
>downgraded in American schools is the classes that require equipment beyond
>bare-bones textbooks and a blackboard--art, music, hands-on practical skills
>of any sort, and lab-oriented science.
>
>leslie
>
>Leslie Ellen Jones, Ph.D.
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