Well, I have been thinking about this a bit. Back 30-40 years or so, school had tougher discipline, and there was less work, but it was graded harsher. Nowadays, it seems like we get more busywork, and there are also harsher requirements to get into universities. So who has it easier? The people in school now, or those who went through 30-40 years ago?
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After looking at the curriculum that my nephews are currently taking in high school, and after working with teenagers for the last couple of years, I would hazard to guess that school is a heck of a lot easier than it used to be.
Universities' acceptance requirements are probably higher because more people are applying. I don't think that has to to do with kids being smarter so much as it has to do with parents having more money.
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I think school is easier but there is more pressure to excel in order to get into a good college. In other words, I may have HS easier than my parents, but they didnt have to get above a 3.7 to get into the nearest university, like I do.
School is easier now. A LOT easier, and for some reason more students are doing worse.
SEE what a lack of displine has done. Turned kids today into lazy, whiny brats( but dont get me wrong, there will always be those who are the complete opposite)
I teach and it astounds me, at how many students get all riled up when I 'punish' them ( aka lines) for not doing homework. When I argue with them for not doing anything in class, they run home and complain to their parents.
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Hell, they raised the SAT score scale to make idiots look like geniuses. Now someone with half a brain who would have scored a 500 on the SAT in 1990 can get something like a 900. I still haven't figured out a reason for this change other than 'we just want everyone to feel better about themselves.'
Weird. I thought 'jokes' were supposed to be funny...I guess this could be viewed as another example of the lowering of standards; education isn't what it once was and neither are jokes.
Dramatic increases in people going to university isn't a sign of an increase in the number of intelligent people, rather it again shows a lowering of standards.
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It was getting easier when I went through school. It was getting stupid when my brother went through, and now my youngest brother is going through some mediocre shit right now.
Now it's beyond a joke. GCSE's mean nothing, and A-Levels are joining them. Every year the government would like to assure us that the constant record-breaking amount of passes and top grades is down to solid teaching and hard work - but everyone in the real world knows thats garbage.
Of course it's getting easier. It's been steadily getting easier every year.
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Well, with the mental state of today's kids being inundated with video games, MTV, sex, sex, sex in da media and silly silly sad songs wit grit in da pizzle manizzle...what's the point of truly learning or even having an edumacation?
I hear McDonald's have upped the ante in their hiring practice for burger flippers. All one needs is a Master's Degree in Philosophy.
I know , I was the only individual in my high school who seemed to care how i did on my tests , but i was a individual . I didn't buy the 'trendy clothes' i acted completely different (some would say creepy) , i didn't gel my hair ( i just put it in a ponytail , i got laughed at but i didn't care) . I didn't believe i was the best at everything or gods gift to earth . Sometimes i wonder about todays generations of moronic fools who deserve a swift quick in the arse to teach them a lesson.
PS: i hate rappers , rappers teach kids that gun crime and prostitution is good , plus their raps are shit therefore all rappers should be shot.
Thank you...would have been higher were I not half asleep the day I took it, I'll bet
I actually think it's quite sad when you see what average scores for stuff like the ACT and SAT are in the US, and how many people who take AP classes actually pass them...I mean, the average ACT score is what, a 19? That's really low, honestly.
Or maybe I'm just a harsh critic because I always did very well on tests...but I don't think I'm the only that thinks that.
Thats weird the opposite happened up here in Canada especially in Ontario. They made the curriculum harder and the drop out rate increased. So when they found out to many were passing they made it harder. Now its up to anyone to say if it is harder or not. However i think education is taken as more important up here then i saw in some parts of The US.
Well there is a literacy test which you must pass. Before 66% past when it first came out but now 80-82% pass it. Thats the only good news i see from education around here.
Now i have seen the US a lot. Very nice high schools. There are bad ones and a lot don't even touch on history or geography. That no child left behind policy has made school much easier because they took out a lot of the hard stuff.
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