Reply #323: You post implicitly questions the standards of the education system in CA [View All]

[Malikshah]

To say it does not is to ignore the wording used in the OP, the nature of this board and discussions that take place here, and the results.

If one wants to discuss educational practices, asking the inane question regarding algebra is not the most effective way.


What your OP has effectively done has created the standard questioning of the usefulness of education and basic standards in all fields (e.g., the World History question)

The importance of education is not in its extrinsic values (the facts you learn, the formulas, the grades you earn, etc). Although these extrinsic values do play a role and should not be downplayed in the slightest, the intrinsic value of education--gained through a strong, wide-ranging, curriculum---is found in the journey one goes through. The skills of critical reasoning, thinking, writing. The ability to express oneself in oral and written form effectively in a rhetorical sense or even an artistic one.

The ability to determine the nature of one's task, devise a solution, and carry it out successfully.

Algebra, chemistry, art, history, biology, physics, rhetoric, and composition are just a few of the tools one uses on this life long journey.


That is worth discussing and debating in an effective manner.

The OP does none of that; it simply uses the tiresome old "when are we going to use this" line that even a first grade will blush at from recognition.