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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

you don't think they can train a robot to say "you want fries with that?" to replace humanities majors?

I dont think it’s an either/or situation. Strong grounding in STEM as well as the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and think critically are all important. Hmm. Instead, a well-rounded person is needed. Who would have thought?


“To help understand how we can enhance STEM education, I have been meeting academics and experts in the U.S. and abroad to think through the problem. A key point we have learned is that there exists a set of professors who are already working on enhancing STEM education. These academics cross many fields, from computer science and philosophy to social and economic fields and many branches of ethical study. Often, their work is described as adding “ethics” to computer science, but its scope is broader than that philosophical discipline of morality.

These professors are pioneers. They do this work because they feel called to it, because they are convinced enhancing STEM education is critical to developing well-rounded scientists and citizens. A number have told me that at these meetings I’ve held, for the first time they have started to feel a sense of “community” or that there are so many others trying to make progress in a similar area. These individuals often find their work is only now starting to be understood as a legitimate part of a STEM education. Many still struggle with the perception that “real” science or STEM do not need any conception of a connection to the human experience.””

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Met plenty of developers and engineers who can't write at all. This obsession with writing is misplaced and just leads to kids choosing ridiculous humanities majors in college.

Yes, having the ability to accurately express yourself through the written word is highly overrated and not necessary. ..cause everybody b saying u r write and lol c u after I be done with this java coding dude .wait? Seriously!? You my friend are an idiot.

Spit my drink out when I read this one. Thank you. Or should I say “U b crackin me up”?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Met plenty of developers and engineers who can't write at all. This obsession with writing is misplaced and just leads to kids choosing ridiculous humanities majors in college.

Yes, having the ability to accurately express yourself through the written word is highly overrated and not necessary. ..cause everybody b saying u r write and lol c u after I be done with this java coding dude .wait? Seriously!? You my friend are an idiot.

Anonymous wrote:Mine has just transferred from MCPS to private this year (7th). Early days but . . .

generally agree that relatively speaking Math is more advanced in MCPS, and English is way, way, way behind in MCPS. Actually, scratch that. Not "behind" because it never catches up. MCPS does not seem to believe in teaching grammar, spelling, or really (sadly) writing outside of AP and IB courses.

Also re Math: clearly faster acceleration in MCPS but I really question whether student get sufficient grounding in basics as they move up. Have an older child in MCPS and the number of fellow students who dropped down from Honors Pre-Calc to on-level after the start of the year was surprisingly high. They didn't have the needed grounding. So I worry that MCPS math covers math too superficially.

One other area I've noticed where MCPS is ahead is foreign language. Perhaps because MS foreign language is offered at different levels including HS level.

I agree with this. My DD struggled with MCPS math last year but moved along in advanced math. When she started private this year, she told us, after covering a variety of concepts already, that she now gets it. No more running in to our offices for help. The one time she had a math question, she ended up answering her own question after she began explaining the problem. In English, after reading her writing for the first time since she's been in school (no writing assignments in MCPS), I was embarrassed when I realized she's not as great a writer as I thought she was. She's a great reader but the writing part is lacking. She has to write at least 3 English assignments every week and I'm hoping this will help as well as some honest constructive criticism.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

you don't think they can train a robot to say "you want fries with that?" to replace humanities majors?

Somebody has to teach the robot programmer proper grammar or the robot will be incomprehensible.

Anonymous wrote:moving from public to private in math was fine. the privates do alot more rote math learning, so that was new, but no big problem. but public school is not great at teaching grammar or wiriting, so that was a big change.

Actually I found the there to be more rote math learning in public vs private. But maybe it depends on the private.

moving from public to private in math was fine. the privates do alot more rote math learning, so that was new, but no big problem. but public school is not great at teaching grammar or wiriting, so that was a big change.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

you don't think they can train a robot to say "you want fries with that?" to replace humanities majors?

Nice writing.

^^You think they will just come out of nowhere?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

Who do you think will be creating, programming, maintaining those artificial intelligences? You they will just come out of nowhere?
We will program the AIs to do all the grammar and writing. No need for you. Even now, grammar takes you nowhere.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Bwa ha ha ha

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.

Most current STEM jobs Will be replaced by artificial intelligence in 20-30 years. Coding? AI can do it better.

The only jobs left to humans will be the kind that requires critical and creative thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work well with other humans. People who train solely in STEM skills and lack others will be unemployed.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Met plenty of developers and engineers who can't write at all. This obsession with writing is misplaced and just leads to kids choosing ridiculous humanities majors in college.

Lol +1

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS do not teach grammar, sentence structure either. So it is pretty normal in public schools. It is a shame too because so many young people cannot write. Let's be honest if you cannot write your marketability is in the toilet.

Yep. I know we are all focusing so much on STEM, which is great, but when did we decide that that even more important skills (that are also valuable in STEM fields and in just being an adult, generally) aren't important? Like critically thinking and being able to effectively communicate your thoughts or articulate arguments? Not everyone is going to be able to go into coding nor do many people want to...

You need to get with the program. No point to going to college unless it is to get a STEM degree, so it follows no point in learning anything in high school that doesn't lead you to that end goal.