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Re: Hypothetical Situation: Director of Education

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Originally Posted by bobwrit View Post
Overhaul the system to make it look something like France's and Japan's educational systems. Raise the age where it becomes legal to drop out(18, possibly 19). Place stricter penalties on dropping out before then. Accelerate our math standards. Have kids start to learn a foreign language at about 6th grade. Issue something like the BAC test(have a science/engineering/math, litracy and history tracks).
I started learning french in 6th grade and did it all the way through 9th and i dont remember that much. But i do agree on the dropout age being raised, too many kids who just give up. We should also get more hands on teaching like maybe a few classes that focus on engineering so kids can see first hand how fun it is.
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