- May 19, 2003
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Inspired by the "kids too stupid to know what = means thread"
After reading that thread, I got to thinking - Why should we waste money trying to teach children who are too stupid/lazy to learn? Wouldn't our resources be better spent teaching these kids labor skills?
I think it would be a great idea.
I think kids who are stupid and wasted their time learning nothing through High School will have nothing going for them when they [manage to] graduate/drop out. They will most likely end up on welfare, or work entirely too hard to make a meager living.
I know this for a fact. I look out my window and see these kids every day. They'll never amount to anything no matter how hard they try.
Instead, we should take these kids and rewind back a few years. We teach them a skill that requires no knowledge. These kids can be conditioned for labor, instead of academics.
For example, they can be trained to pave roads or highways, learn the arts of heating and ventilation, or even train them to defend our country from a young age. They could learn skills and disipline that would give them enough to live their lives productively, and not be doomed to working in McDonalds or end up homeless or in jail.
Let's face it. Kids who don't go to, or fail school miserably will have no choices in life. By allowing them to learn a trade early on, they can at least get a head start.
There are many people with no education that can succeed financially doing manual labor. Hell, I'd bet if you put a well-educated kid versus one that had years of job experience or training in todays job market...the kid who has the job experience would probably come out better.
What does ATOT think?
After reading that thread, I got to thinking - Why should we waste money trying to teach children who are too stupid/lazy to learn? Wouldn't our resources be better spent teaching these kids labor skills?
I think it would be a great idea.
I think kids who are stupid and wasted their time learning nothing through High School will have nothing going for them when they [manage to] graduate/drop out. They will most likely end up on welfare, or work entirely too hard to make a meager living.
I know this for a fact. I look out my window and see these kids every day. They'll never amount to anything no matter how hard they try.
Instead, we should take these kids and rewind back a few years. We teach them a skill that requires no knowledge. These kids can be conditioned for labor, instead of academics.
For example, they can be trained to pave roads or highways, learn the arts of heating and ventilation, or even train them to defend our country from a young age. They could learn skills and disipline that would give them enough to live their lives productively, and not be doomed to working in McDonalds or end up homeless or in jail.
Let's face it. Kids who don't go to, or fail school miserably will have no choices in life. By allowing them to learn a trade early on, they can at least get a head start.
There are many people with no education that can succeed financially doing manual labor. Hell, I'd bet if you put a well-educated kid versus one that had years of job experience or training in todays job market...the kid who has the job experience would probably come out better.
What does ATOT think?
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