American Education System

My two quick questions are
1) Do you think that the American education system can be saved by changing from teaching most things such as physics in a single year to teaching them over multiple years?
2) What country did/do you go to high school in and did they have philosophy classes available (as elective or mandatory class)?

Feel free to share any other thoughts you have one the state of the education system in your country such as its strengths and weaknesses.

Video responses are always welcome.

Thanks for all the comments so far
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[pagangeek]

what level of high school did he teach ?.

( i'm from the Netherlands so just wondering )

[tooltime9901]

he did not say.

[Geodge]

Prof's argument: "I'm a Romanian philosopher telling you the US is going to hell in a handbasket-Cuz it failed to see the looming financial crisis though plain as the nose on its face-Cuz it offers too many electives in school at the expense of physics"

Physics, eh? She's got her finger on the problem, NOT! This is 100% TRUE: the wizards who developed the CDO risk model now bringing down the world's financial systems was created by genius American, Nobel-track Physicists and Mathmaticians.

[tooltime9901]

no, she said nothing of the sort. she said that an intelligent person would have seen the finical crisis coming a mile away, AND the next major crisis will be one of education, as Americans are at a disadvantage for getting the good jobs becuase they have to compete against better educated foreigners.

[tono2021]

Canada also has a different funding system. we have standardized test (I think it's in grades 3,7,and 10) and schools that do poorly on these tests get more funding so they can improve their students' marks. Also funds are given out by the school board. Funds are still taken from property taxes but distributed over a large area (for example all of Toronto is one school board, but Toronto has rich and poor neighbor hoods)

[tooltime9901]

our genius President came up with "No Child Left Behind" which basically cuts funding from schools with poor test results (aka the ones that need it the most).

[LegitScience]

No my high school doesn't have philosophy.

[seabazzz]

I was a senior as an exchange student back in 1996. American education at that time was a waste. In germany I would have been in 11th grade. Nonetheless I finished on honor roll without reading a book or doing homework at all.

out of my family no kids are doing their exchange year in the states anymore. my nieces are going to chile and australia...

and yes, I had philosphy and everything else in school. but the system is different and is in a process of changing towards lifelong learning.

[ThePeacefulAtheistt]

I am from Europe and I had physic, chemistry, biology for 5 years in primary school

[specialchannel]

hey i really want to drop out of high school and take the GED , is this a good idea?

[BriannaNLC]

I'm a high school student in America, and no I don't have a philosophy class. I would take it over most of my classes any day though.

[1hayoka]

the american indian learn everything by COMMUNICATION,even communicate with the animals and trees.all ages learn at the same time together,SO THE OLD AND THE YOUNG learn HOW TO communicate,the old teaches the young how to "EXPRESS THEM SELF HONESTLY"..........

[exxxys]

I went to high school in Canada, and a philosophy course was offered at the grade 12 level. I REALLY enjoyed it, thought unfortunately I skipped a lot and didn't get as much out of it as I could have.

Most of the public high schools here offer the course, and I think some of the larger Catholic schools, though I'd imagine they'd be more faith centred....

[IWantMyVisionBack]

The Education System is an Indoctrination Center!!!

[InstantAsperity]

My high school had a philosophy course, taught by the cheerleading coach.

Cheer-gym was an actual elective that could be taken for the same amount of credits you would receive from taking bio 30. That seems a little off to me.