The required subjects for public schools need to be reworked.

1) Usefulness of material"meaning the courses and subjects they (The school administrators) pick could extremely out of touch (with what kids should learn)"Its a possibility but it cant necessarily be proven since any career that a person could be employed in ties back to what was learned in college and high school one way or another. There may be a bit of a gap but there isnt much evidence to support that administrators are "Extremely" out of touch. "Con is right in saying that the subjects in high school should broad, but that doesn’t explain why they toss random bits of very career specific subjects for a grade. "Schools toss an occasional career specific piece of content into a course because it relates to other lessons that were previously taught. It is done to make an easy transition from a broad subject to a specific subject and then back again, it may seem randomly placed but it is in fact strategically placed since it relates to other broad content that allows people to understand it better since it is an extension of the stiff they just learned. "I was merely making a suggestion to reiterate my point that there are important things that could be taught in schools instead of wasting time on things the majority of the populous won’t use"But the things you mentioned that the majority of the population can use is one of the few actual things in the world that can be taught by any parent in a matter of minutes. Time is really tight in schools so whatever time they have to teach subjects to children is very valuable time, even if its just for an extra day or two. Writing checks and doing taxes is something that can be learned at home but it also frees up time for schools to teach other things that many people could not learn from their parents and may rely on for their career choice. "Just because someone can name off and define anastrophe, ethos, and parallelism, doesn’t mean they’ll can (or will need) to use them" But other people do, and thats the point im trying to make. As long as there are people out there those things become important to teach, the reason why other stuff doesnt get taught though is because schools have limited time and they have to choose which material has a bigger potential for being used later in life, and this was one of those things. You might not use it but others have and will continue to use it in their careers. "If that is true, in order for you to truly understand how to use them you’d have to take them in a college level class. You’d basically have to learn them all over so that you don’t end up endangering yourself or others. "Thats exactly what we do in fact, but college IS career specific, high school isnt. In college you still need at least a background history of certain concepts learned in high school, and I can testify that learning logarithms is one of those things that people rely on for background knowledge depending on their career choice. "Con’s link doesn’t address how many periods are in each schooling system, however it did mention that the US has one of the shortest school days"You must have clicked a different link since the link only showed the length of school years and mentioned nothing about the length of any school day. If that is what you are looking for though here is a link that answers your question, and as you can see the US has a very long school day of close to 6.5 hours, which is on par compared to many other countries in the world. http://nces.ed.gov... . http://www.infoplease.com... "As opposed to losing an entire semester to address something that could be explained more clearly in the context of a history class. "Thats just your opinion though, US history extends much farther back in time then US government but US government by itself is a very complicated subject to study, and mashing a complex course with an even longer and equally complex course isnt a good idea at all. "American patriotic bias. "Last I checked I think that its a good idea that people should have basic understanding of how the country works when they are granted the right to vote. .. "We also have to take world (and state) history as well, so according to Con learning an extensive amount of history should be a requirement of living on planet earth"Dont twist my words Pro you only need to know how the world works, we dont all need to become experts2) Schools teaching and Parents teaching"Logic says if you spend too much time watching TV, you won’t have as much time to do homework… And you’ll possibly fail. "Then blame the student's studying habits and not the schools! "Tax Masters exist for a reason, though. "Oh yes, a computer software exists to teach people how to do taxes in their own time when people arent at school. .. . Sounds like an argument for why they shouldnt teach doing taxes at school since there are computer programs designed to teach it to people on their own time. .. "People in the medical field could do to learn first responder things early and I didn’t say it was otherwise useless, I’m just saying it could be better. " But people in the medical field arent the only ones who use this knowledge, trainers need to know about bones, so do morticians, pediatricians, and a lot of other people too. Also you can learn to be a first responder and not know basic human anatomy either. "Serve more value for the general populous, not just the people who want to be engineers or doctors"Schools do teach for the general populous! Scientists, politicians, historians, marine biologists, librarians, teachers, chemists, engineers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc All learn concepts that they had a basic understanding for because they learned it in high school. High school isnt career specific it is broad and gives a sustainable background knowledge of just about everything. " If you actually go through the website, you’ll see that it’s just the curriculum and tracking processes"If you dont like the website I used there are many other to choose from to take PE courses online or show that taking PE online is an actual possibility. http://www.sptimes.com...http://education-portal.com... " I passed the classes with the lowest grade as an 87 without cheating because I worked, and yet I can’t truly enjoy the language yet"Did you memorize the material for the test or did you actually learn it? Chances are its the first one in which case its not the courses fault. "They apply to MUCH more than logs do, but it’s still very career specific"Its career specific to YOU but using Sin, Cos, and Tan applies to just about any career field that uses mathematics, angles, and its something that people should know how to use regardless of whether or not they are in a career that uses these things. Conclusion: From the Pro's arguments it sounds like he would prefer if High school only taught material that everyone uses and that it should all be transformed into a Home Ec class. High school is meant to give students a broad understanding of basic concepts and subjects, but at the same time allow for students to explore their interests and find what is appealing to them to help them choose a career choice. Every small thing that one could see as useless is something that another person could base a career off of. And all the small things that dont get taught in schools that the Pro mentioned can be taught by online software or even by parents in a matter of minutes. Subjects dont need to be reworked because they are meant to be broad, but still be useful enough to use in a career choice, whereas the Pro thinks school subjects should be as basic as possible even though everything he does advocate the teaching of can be taught by parents or by a computer program.