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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This seems sensible. But I'd still like to see the shift toward more hard science and math. The argument we should be "well rounded" is bullshit. We should learn to think more critically. That doesn't come with studying history or political science. It comes with being exposed to as much math as possible as early as possible.
The difference between the rich and poor in this country has as much to do math skill as anything else. For the better of our society - for a more even spread of wealth - we should be pushing math on kids as soon as they're able to walk. A poor guy who can run the numbers isn't going to get taken by a fraud peddling mortgage broker.
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Forgive me, but a lawyer chat board is the last place I expect to hear someone pushing hard science and math. Our profession is where the people who can't do those things go.
There's plenty of time to pursue it all. There are way too many idiots out there with Sarah Pallin's understanding of the constitution. Stinting on history will get you more. And understanding geography and history can be just important as language for interacting culturally.
But I'd revamp the curriculum in both areas. They'd come out of high school not just knowing where India and China are, but appreciating the difference between Kerala and Gujarat or Cheng du and Shanghai, and having read more Chinese literature than Italian or German literature.
And they'd have read the fucking constitution.
