• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    Make English 4 if not English 3 electives rather than required. Replace them with a semester of driver’s ed […]

    I disagree. Imo, there isn’t any point to teaching driving skills to students. Imo, I also don’t believe that it would be entirely ethical.

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      3 hours ago

      How many hours of the average American’s life will be spent behind the wheel of a car?

      How many hours of the average American’s life will be spent examining 400 year old stage plays?

      If they get something wrong behind the wheel of a car, what’s the worst that can happen?

      If they get something wrong examining a 400 year old stage play, what’s the worst that can happen?

      I propose that teaching Shakespeare instead of more in depth driver’s ed isn’t entirely ethical.