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Bausell's Too Simple To Fail

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The educational system is flawed in a variety of ways in how they teach the next generations in the format they do. Perhaps, less teenagers and children would dislike school if the rubric for which they were taught was less about only specific talents some kids have, and more about taking care to aid the particular child in which they find possible success. As of now, the educational system caters to a very specific group of learners. Students are told that they must take very specific courses if they wish to succeed in life. In high school, it is insisted that each student has to have four years of English, four years of Math, three years of History, some schools require Religion course, Government and Economic classes.
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Relevant time should be spent helping the students understand the world around them. There are twelve years of mandatory schooling, four of which should be more focused on individual talents and real-world situations. K-8 is a great time to plug in the mandatory STEM foundation, young children are susceptible to learning better before becoming teenagers which makes that time optimal for courses like Math, Science, and English.
Bausell explains that, “20 % of the curriculum is irrelevant to future job performance, civic responsibility, life satisfaction, or any other reasonable criterion, then 20 % of our relevant instructional time is being squandered. (168) If this is true, 20% can be diverted to helping students understand the process of becoming adults. If that time is used wisely, and more of the mandatory classes are taught at earlier ages, then with the right amount of work and statistic – more time can be found for individual

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