Canada's Education System May Not Be As Good As Some May Think

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

I'm all for reforming the educational system, but I think less CALM 20 would be better than more. That class was the most useless pile of garbage I ever had to sit through. Between giving students bad career advice and talking to us about life skills that virtually all of us already possessed... what an idiotic class. I understand why it's there, but if they ever take out Shakespeare and put in more CALM, our national braintrust will fall on hard times in a hurry.

Maybe things have changed since I went to high school. I.... don't want to say when that was.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Azure

I have said it before but I think kids having access to certain courses through video conferencing is very important. We have the Supernet up and running already and there is no reason the rest of the technology can't be put into place in every single school(especially rural ones)....to give kids a bigger opportunity.

I think that would be a giant waste of money IMO. Kids have an attention span of about 15 seconds (hell, I have an attention span of 15 seconds) and between the option of listening to a lecture on (lets say) 18th century literature, or organic chemistry... or play on their xbox or do some orgasmic chemistry, well we all know which one teenagers would pick. Hell, I have to listen to online lectures to learn some stuff on my thesis, and the teachers on the webcasts are great, but I've fallen asleep during every single lecture.

OT : The only thing I got out of CALM class was a girlfriend. lol, girl that sat beside me in CALM, dated her for a few years. Other than that, big f'in waste of time.