If you were in charge, what would elementary school children (that is, grade 7 and below), be expected to learn before going to high school.
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Anonymous2007-07-16 19:24 ID:KoZovXhU
I'd like to add one more thing to American education in addition to the accelerated learning:
Graduation exams! I took the full International Baccalaureate (IB) coursework and passed the whole thing (similar to AP, but an entire curriculum). These tests are so much better at gauging someone's ability to perform well in college (and not suck at life) than SATs. To do well on the SAT, all you have to do is pay Kaplan a crapload of money and sit through a summer course. That's crap. If you haven't been learning your shit and can't pass some AP or IB exams, then you can wait one year while you study your ass off to make up for all the time you wasted. Then if you still can't pass, then you don't deserve to go to a regular college.