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whistler162

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41. Sorry but the 70's weren't that great

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 09:15 AM

Jul 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0d8FTPv955I

And I am sure there was just as much experimenting with different teaching methods in the 50' and 60's as in the 70's. I vaguely remember my German teacher talked about isolating the exceptional(smart) students in their own class and how they ended up with little or no social skills.

In New York at least you can if you so desire go to a local BOCES which will teach you many of the skills that schools have trimmed back. One district I work in still has a Home Ec type course(name is slightly different, well both districts do a cooking class), teaches wood shop/design using CAD software(both districts do), and auto repair.

Then both districts, small under 1000 students, have multiple computer labs.

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The 50's, 60's and 70's were the golden age of education in this country [View all] kimbutgar Jul 2014 OP

That is when I was going to school in the USA riverbendviewgal Jul 2014 #1

An additional point. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5

My schools were disciplined riverbendviewgal Jul 2014 #12

It was a response to the cold war in some ways. BootinUp Jul 2014 #2

Well, America needed a large and well-educated populace back then rocktivity Jul 2014 #3

I remember when coworkers started hawking catalog stuff for their kids' school Skittles Jul 2014 #4

I was educated in the '50s. RebelOne Jul 2014 #6

Up to 8th grade was fine for me, but high school was a miserable pit. bhikkhu Jul 2014 #7

I went to high school in the 70's here in California kimbutgar Jul 2014 #8

Yes, a lot of it depends on what area you lived in. I lived in a poor county in a poor state. raccoon Jul 2014 #40

And teaching was a respected profession, albeit not well paid. progressoid Jul 2014 #9

Yes it was. And we had such inspirational teachers. femmocrat Jul 2014 #10

Thank Reagan Democrats ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #11

Even in the 60s, when I grew up, lots of in History and Social Studies rickyhall Jul 2014 #13

As a member of the class of 65, I agree. mountain grammy Jul 2014 #14

This baby boomer isn't voting for any god damned Republicans. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #15

Thank you for saying Phlem Jul 2014 #16

...For white kids, sure Scootaloo Jul 2014 #17

That was my first thought etherealtruth Jul 2014 #19

Girls took home ec and boys took shop... Blanks Jul 2014 #28

A lot of attitudes have changed etherealtruth Jul 2014 #29

I never pressured my kids to get good grades... Blanks Jul 2014 #32

Oh, I wasn't blaming the schools etherealtruth Jul 2014 #33

Helped in their own climb to the top, they then pulled the ladder up after themselves. Octafish Jul 2014 #18

Very accurate post... ballyhoo Jul 2014 #20

Were they? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #21

I think the point is that... Blanks Jul 2014 #30

The late 50s science was being pushed in schools newfie11 Jul 2014 #22

Except in the South when segregation ruled in the 50's. n/t totodeinhere Jul 2014 #23

"We are no longer a nation of dreamers but schemers." zeemike Jul 2014 #24

The turn of the 20th century was good too.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #25

You got that right Android3.14 Jul 2014 #26

I remember having Home Economics in the 70s ,cooking class and sewing class in middle school. SummerSnow Jul 2014 #27

Well, from what I have heard on the street corner, the 1920s to early 1930s was best. That is when Hestia Jul 2014 #31

Ahem... ReRe Jul 2014 #34

Not the 70s. cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #35

I attended MD public schools then. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2014 #38

My public school not only had shop, home ec, & driver's ed; snot Jul 2014 #36

And news media. Pick up a TIME from those years and weep at the lost content today. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #37

The 70's weren't the golden age for Deaf kids in education. deafskeptic Jul 2014 #39

Sorry but the 70's weren't that great whistler162 Jul 2014 #41

Corporations no longer "need" Americans--either as consumers or as workers. That simple. nt Romulox Jul 2014 #42

I graduated in '75 IDemo Jul 2014 #43

Affordable college for all -- remember that? Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #44

Nope. Bonx Jul 2014 #45

I agree 100%. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #46

Same thing has happened to me in stores they can't add or subtract in their heads kimbutgar Jul 2014 #47

Yeah, just gone to hell in a handbasket since the glorious 50's ROFLMAO snooper2 Jul 2014 #48

I definitely missed out then. I went to middle MissB Jul 2014 #49

Yep. I managed to pay my tuition and buy the books on my GI Bill. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #50