Those are individual classes though, not subjects. The fact that you got stuck with a health class that had a poor teacher and curriculum doesn't mean all health classes should be abolished. I dunno about you, but my health class was something more along the lines of "preview for high school anatomy and physiology."
that's you're health class. Mine literally used a seventh grade level textbook that I had to use in PE/health in 7th grade... when textbooks are reused, you've got redundancy, and that wastes money.
Similarly, I don't know if you had a bad poetry class or if you just have a beef with the idea of a poetry class, but it's a subject of great importance to anyone who wants to be a writer (not just a poet, either--any writer. Sports journalists can benefit from poetry classes).
I said: Go ahead and get your writing skill beefed up on your own time if you think you need it. (Ironically, that's what English is for, in part) if you can't get your writing boost from English, that just goes to show how useless that has become too. (On that subject, I find it indicative of the quality of modern schools that the teacher of my English class last year had to correct the pronunciation of over half the class on words that are commonly found in 7th grade level reading) To summarize, if English doesn't cut it, and the student thinks he/she needs it, he/she should do the extra work on their own time. I suggest writing politically, that's what gets the fire burning, a least for me. The school doesn't need to baby the student until graduation. In the real world, sometimes you've gotta give up free time to get that bonus...
--Vito
No, seriously. The things I "learned" in Health were things I learned in 5th grade and 7th grade. It was a total snooze.
But as a Class? I don't mind those of the artistic persuasion, but you've gotta write poetry (in my opinion) too much in English class. Sounds like a waste of money to me... Let me put it this way. I don't know, but tell me: is there a Poetry class in private schools?
You haven't heard my friend's description. The teacher in his class ran out of ideas and let 'em watch movies the last 3 weeks of the semester. Anyway, school's (I hate to say it, but so true) not supposed to be fun. You're supposed to learn how to succeed in the free market. I for one haven't learned to do that at school. I learned how to succeed on my own time. Another waste of classtime and tax dollars.
You don't understand. I wasn't pointing out Completely useless classes, everything has some relevance. I'm pointing out things that are a waste of tax dollars and the time of the students. These are the ones schools shouldn't be teaching for a purely financial reason.
--Vito