High School should be terminated and replaced with an alternative.

I like his responses alot and will address them. His Response to my 1st Response: Yes, I am replacing High school as the resolution, but for my system to work there must be reforms before/after high school. Many schools operate on a Classical learning style and it is incredibly fast paced. My resopnse: I looked up this system and there are some core flaws i would like to point out about it. 1. old fashioned and will fail to appeal to people and educaters For examlpe on this websitehttp://www.welltrainedmind.com... it states this, "learning is accomplished through words, written and spoken, rather than through images (pictures, videos, and television)." In a country where visual learning is becomeing a prefered style and where technology plays a big part i just don't see how you can convince overseers of education itself to "downgrade" education. Sure this method could help with critical thinking, this method includes philosophy and logic however it doesn't really go well with the techonoligical era. Also through this classical learning style you read books like the Odyssey. I raised this question earlier that hasn't been answered yet, how will you make this proposal attractive to not only the legislaters and heads of education but the American children. The market for classical education is elsewhere as you pointed out, it's not here in America and this method cannot create it. 2. America is considerably different from the rest of the world I mean you mention how this learning style works around the world but lets take Great Britian for a example, Britian actully sees subjects as Philosophy as a intrinsic thing to society. Britian really embraces the arts, Britian is the total opposite of America. America doesn't value liberal arts or classical books. The market for this particular classic area doesn't exist. Maybe some time in the future when my baby sister gets into highschool Americans will finnaly realize critical thinking is essential, but this plan will not do it. 3. Classical education relating to Christian based Education I am reading more on classical education and it seems to lead towards Christianity. What i am wondering is how can this be applicable in a country where agonistic and athiest based thinking is becoming more common. I mean highschool keeps peoples personal beliefs from being touched on while this method would coerce people towards one direction. My opponents next statement :You asked how math and science can be learned from literature. Take the book "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson. Response: But math is more effective as a step by step process. It's better to go in order from 2+2 to complex systems. It's better to learn equations and utilize them in order to prepare for fields that we have now such as engineering. It's more easier to visuailize a diagram or math equation utilized then try to picture it from a book. Another thing to consider is that books are no longer the primary tool utilized to dissaminate information. It's time to move on. Next part of my opponents argument The point of the internships is to discover what you want to be! Yes, there would be switching of internships, but that is meant to replace switching majors Also, I disagree with you that teens 14-18 are unable to make decisions. Just because our brains are not "fully developed" does not mean we are incapable of thinking correctly. Besides, the choice of what internship you want to take is not life changing. The internships are simply ways for a student to see what a prospective job atmosphere would be like. The more important decisions would come in college, and I believe the internships will leave students better prepared for that decision. Response to all of this: First of all my opponeont concedes that yes switching will still be an issue. Next my oppoonent doesn't show why his alternative is needed here. Anyone can go into a intership before collage.... also we can simply lower the age requirement for internships to allow students to enter them at a lower age. My opponoent hasn't established why interships are so great and why they should replace 4 years of schooling. Sure they introduce you to jobs but you miss out on practical skills you could develop and gain from highschool. Next I never stated kids can't make descisions at a lower age just that their ability to judge isn't fully developed. It's one of the big arguments used against lowering the drinking age to 13, or allowing adolescents to make medical choices. It's a proven fact. In conclusion there is no reason to abolish highschool to spend more time on internships. My opponeont then states this "There would be no need to take Algebra 2, Calculus, Chemistry, etc. The student would concentrate on Liberal Arts classes. Also, the internship (based on what you take) would include some classes that are relevant to the job. For subjects that would be harder to pick up such as math, it would be the student's job to maintain their current knowledge in these areas" Response: My opponeonts proposal would support an area that is terrible for jobs and Americans don't care about. Alsohaving each indivudail learn math on his own wouldn't work bcause each child would study different areas of math. Certian fields require certian areas of math, it would be hard to ensure kids have a common organized knowledge of math if math becomes a self based activity. Also why make liberal arts a big focus, why not make it an on your own activity since collage is an "invesment" and this area tends to be a poor investment. Why not support math all the way with highschool since it is a proven field that gives you job oppurtunuties? Why fund "enlightment fields"? Another statement Honestly I don't think sports are very important ( I mean, what about the arts, you didn't mention them) but for the people that do, there are church leagues and other teams to join. With the abolition of high school, there would be a higher demand for teams. Of course we can afford it- these teams would not be subsidized by the government; if you want to play you have to pay a fee. Response: You ask why i don't mention the arts but lets face it, no one values the arts in America. And lets face it again, sports have a higher demand then Black history degrees and philosophy. Next there's a bigger problem with removing highschool teams. It makes it harder for collages to discover athletes that we can watch on collage games and NBA games. Lets face it, the NBA is a huge company in America, lets face it the NFL is a huge company and demanded station in America. If you eliminate highschool teams where tryouts are required and talent is easy to find since only good or decent players are on the teams, then it will be harder to provide talent for the NBA and NFL. Also you mention side leaques but trust me dude those are the easy. Anyone can get in if they are willing to pay. I play on a highschool team and the compeition is real, also agian the best players in the country are easily recgonized and found through highschools due to a organized stat keeping system. I am sorry but the typical American will say sports>arts>classical books. This raises another challenge that i mentioned earlier, how will you manifest the market to take interest in this type of education? If you can't do that this will not work anyway. Core curriculum= I am waiting for my opponeont to explain why we simply can't reform the system or remove "core" and let students choose classes wihout implementing this alternative. National curriculm= I am not advicating for it i am just suggesting that isn't national curriculum making education harder? I simply used it as a response to your claim that education is preety easy. I am just saying if that was so there would be a overflow of students in IV leaque Universities. Also standerdized testing from what is extremely hard and long. I would say education continues to get harder.