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Other studies -

The research shows that 42% of Canadians aged 16-65 do not have the literacy skills considered necessary to live and work in today’s society.

http://nselwiki.cllrnet.ca/index.php/Canada's_Hidden_Deficit:_The_Social_Cost_of_Low_Li teracy_Skills

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528650/

As far as parts of the curriculum are crap, well that's a personal opinion and I believe that you also posted that there probably could be some change. We need to teach our children about real life things. Almost every person will get a drivers licence by the time they are adults. Vehicle accidents are the biggest killer of young adults yet we teach them nothing in high school. We don't teach them how to drive, we don't teach them the rules of the roads, we don't teach them how to respect the power of the vehicle. We all live in this society but we never teach our children the laws of the land. We do very little preperation on how to write reports, resumes and cover letters. Yes, they may cover it over a 2 day period in CALM class but these are very important. More important than reading Shakespeare IMO.

As far as the system being broke, I said it is close to being broke, it is on the path.

What's wrong with program choice within a school board, like the CBE currently has?

Nothing is wrong with it. All I am saying is we need to be open to new ideas and try things out, we cannot be closed minded.

So a teacher isn't qualified to assess students' preparedness? A cop is in a better position? You're joking, right? Maybe a cop doesn't get to see a representative sample?

I did say that post secondary teachers are more qualified to determine if they are prepared. They are the people that have to deal with the students. How would a teacher of grade 10 know if they have prepared them well for PSE? That don't really know, in fact they would be more biased to say they are becuase they taught them. As for police knowing. All I am saying is that these people, police, PSE teachers, business people are the ones that are now dealing with them after they leave high school. Granted, police would deal more with the drop out losers than ones trying to become successful.

Don't weasel out of this. This is legitimate criticism of a screwed up policy plank put out by a fringe party. And you didn't derail the thread, I did.

I am not trying to weasel out of anything. I have no problem debating with people that are reasonable.