Douglas Johnson wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote:

The schools are a miserable experience that produce mediocre
results. The argument that they are better than nothing doesn't
wash. What did you personally learn in the public schools school
other than to read and write and do sums that was of any real value
in later life?

Touch typing.

Ok, I admit, that was useful.

Driver's Ed.

Really worthless. Learned more from my Dad in an hour than in a whole
semester of that crap.

Drafting.

Lucky you. I got one mechanical drawing course. Learned vastly more
from my mother's college drafting text.

History and Government.

What did you learn about history and government that was (a) useful
and (b) true? I'm _still_ unlearning that crap.

Wood shop.

Again, lucky you.

Chemistry and Physics.

When have you actually used it?

Geometry, Trig, and Intro to Calculus.

Lucky you with the intro to calculus. I've never found mathematical
proofs to be particularly useful. Trig, OK, I'll grant you that one.

(If you'd like to include those in "sums", that's fine.) -- Doug

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