Why don't colleges teach students about the SDS?
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I too would be appalled if an American history professor knew nothing about the SDS, the Weather Underground, and so forth.  This stuff is extremely basic American history.\n\nI'd love to know where you go to college, too, so that I can look up the areas of specialization of your professors to find out what they've published.  Right now, I'm wondering why they even have jobs.
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One is capable of understanding the principals of science, the other is not.\nOne understands that he or she does not have all the answers.\nOne of these two types of people would like for students to learn some usable information while in school.\nOne allows human knowledge to grow and deepen.\nOne is capable of personal development.\nI'll leave it to you to guess which is which.
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I'm an instructor at a community college. I wish I had more students like you. Here are some of the conclusions I have come to. First, many of the students are there for reasons other than learning. Many of my younger students are there because their parents have issued ultimatums making them choose to work or go to school. For some reason they think school is easier and choose that option. Second, too many students come out of high school under prepared for college. They don't know how to organize their time, study effectively, or take notes. Third, our society has moved away from the idea of personal responsibility. Everyone is so worried about blaming others for their faults or believing that everyone else is responsible for their learning. They don't understand that the only person responsible for them is them. I am a facilitator of learning but I do not have the power to just give them knowledge. From talking to my friends at other colleges (4 year state and private) they are seeing the same trends albeit not on the same scale.
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Yes indeed.  There have been recent studies which reveal that as much as 40% of high school students report that they were given no information at all about college.  It isn't enough to assume that the "good" kids will find the information on their own.  This is the mentality that threatens to make higher education a commodity reserved for the wealthy (if it isn't already). It isn't as if, nationally, all schools would step aside and agreeing to provide less information to their students -- its the underprivileged high school students who are left in the dark while students from wealthy families receive the information about SAT Prep, College Prep, help from financial advisors to "maximize" their financial aid eligibility, etc.\n\nBased on my experience working in Higher Education (Financial Aid), I  have no doubts that students need to receive more financial aid information.  Both students and their parents need to have more realistic expectations about the costs of education today (most know that it's expensive but they think that they'll "find a way" to pay).  Comments like the one from the above poster perpetuate the myth that "expensive schools give more financial aid." There are more expensive schools that DON'T give out good aid packages than those that DO!  It's true that they're all looking for the best students, but that doesn't mean that they can afford to "woo" the students that they want (schools that are "top" in their field like Harvard, Juilliard, and MIT might be able to, but these are the exception and not the rule).\n\nAs for my personal experiences with the process: I didn't receive ANY information either, and it made what should have been an exciting process feel like a chore. It was many years ago, but I remember being called into the guidance office with a group of about 10 other students.  They plunked us down in front of a large table piled with college "How To" guidebooks (of the "For Dummies" ilk), gave us each a piece of paper, and told us that by the end of the period, we had to list of 10 colleges we might want to apply to...  Anyone who had siblings in college knew how to narrow down the THOUSANDS of schools out there but, being the oldest in my family, I didn't even know the difference between UC Berkeley and Berklee College (or Stanford and Samford).  I didn't know which schools were "reach" schools and which would be my "safety" schools -- these aren't the sorts of things you can tell by the school's name!  When this "session" was over, I couldn't help but cry.  Eventually, the guidance counselor found me a book where I could search for schools by major.  But, sheesh, what a way to have your students "test the waters" by throwing them in the deep end!\n\nAs for what kind of information I could've used: information about the various schools' reputations.  Assuming a school has the resources, why not offer one-on-one counseling where the student is asked about their academic interests and then pointed in the right direction? Most students have a sense of whether they want a big or small school, co-ed or not, city or rural, etc. -- it would seem to be less overwhelming to start with what you know rather than drawing attention to all the "missing pieces" in a student's college search.
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I'm afraid I have to agree with RockyQA, but there is much more to it than that. Most education majors in college are only required to take one or two math and science classes as part of their general education requirements. That hardly qualifies them to teach the subject. I believe that because of this requirement many education majors who are not interested in math and science are more attracted to the major. Finally, since teachers are paid so poorly in this country, the US, people who have math and science skills are much more likely to go into science and engineering professions where their starting pay out of college may be two or three times higher than that for teachers. Is it any wonder there is a problem?\n\nThe other factor that is also to blame is that many parents don't understand math and science either. If kids don't see their parents having an interest in the subject they are much less likely to find it appealing. Then there is the large group of parents who are actively hostile toward science because they believe it conflicts with their religious beliefs. This doesn't help either because the kids often come to school with a closed mind.
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Hi, I'm an Indian, doing B.Sc. from an American college.\nI feel that though American colleges have been good in giving practical knowledge, it is loosing on the account of theoritical knowledge. Just for a basic example, in India, a 14 year old student knows what is trigonometry, which is taught much later to an American student. Although, as i said, practicality wise, American education is very good.
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you pass the age of the class and you get advanced. Who cares what you have learned.\nKids want to be illiterate anyway or they would stay in school rather that protest something that works just fine already.
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Your question is an interesting one, timeless, and one that has been asked for as long as there have been schools.  People have always asked "What should schools teach?" and "How come schools don't teach this?"  \n\nThe answer is quite complicated.  Schools teach the curriculum that is determined by state, provincial or national government.  Basically, it is determined by society and what society perceives as its needs.  It is not determined by the teachers.  \n\nSchools cannot teach everything.  There is not enough time in the school day.  There will always be numerous things that people have to learn outside of schools - that is just the way it is.  And it isn't likely that schools will change focus from academics to a less academic focus.  \n\nBelieve it or not, how to balance a check book is something that most people have learned on their own, not in school.  Possibly what schools are failing to do is to teach teenagers to be lifelong independent learners and how to find out about the things they don't know how to do.   That is the most important tool we all need today - knowing how to learn independently.\n\nI hope these thoughts help.
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it doesnt have to be promoted.  thats why ppl go to college in the first place
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They cost A LOT OF MONEY. Thats why you don't see that many people walkin around with grills in  their mouth. And at my school, nobody has them.
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They usd to teach civics when I was in High school- I don't know why they did away with it.\n\nI think with the emphasis in Social Sciences to teach kids multiculturalism, knwoing our own government has fallen on the wayside.\n\nSad, but apparently the powers that be would rather we know about semi-historical kingdoms in Zimbabwe than how or own government works.
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If there is, it doesn't say much for their educational system.
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They are just integrated as part of an education as a tool. Not to mention they play a big part in our society. There are few homes without one, and if one isn't available the school or library usually has them available there. The only unfortunate thing is that the library is becoming a dinosaur, and I hate that. Easily accessed information could potentially be a problem, as the work that's generated sometimes isn't really work (in some cases, not all).
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Generally these programs are taught at college and the students then have to find a solution to the problem - its all part of the learning process - unfortunately, some students, with their new found knowledge, do the wrong thing and create havoc with viruses.  Others - like adaware - have you install their toolbar to protect you from viruses/spyware and then install their own virus so that you have to purchase their product.
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In most cases your local community college will be able to answer that question.  The reason for this is that every state has it's own guidelines to be certified.
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That is a big issue.  They teach whole classes on it in college.  Do you have a specific question?  If not, just do a Yahoo search, and maybe look on www.wikipedia.org.
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They can't learn, thats the problem.\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-pOypG0szd7Pv_X1rQxw_4qCWpA--?cq=1&p=302