science shud be optional for students Options

[angel-roh]

i get so stressed with all these stuff..y cant we have an optional rather or not we wana do it... i knoe it's important for everyone to know...but still... they can figure it from the news... i dont know...but i kinda like science, but the thing is that y shud take science? dont u guys got an arguments? shud science be optional at the year of 2010? or shud science shud be taken by every students in skool at the year of 2010? mostly 30 to 40 of my friends are talking about it too... and thot this was a good argument heh cus my friends and i are doing an argument about science^^

[Spirited Away]

Oh, I dunno if it would be that drastic. Considering it already is like that. Alot of science is like a foriegn language, it gets forgotten over time; due to it's massive amount of disuse by joe schmo.

I mean, if I remember any physics equation or laws when I hit 40, it'll only be because i'm working with it at the time. But things like earth science and biology are essential.

If any subject needs to be beefed up, it's english. People need to learn how to express their feelings/thoughts both in writing and speech, and communicate on a higher level.

You're right science and math seems like they are different languages.

In my opinion, you must learn the basics before getting really into it. For example, I know college students, in the same class as myself, who failed almost every math and science class they took, and when I asked why, their answer was that either they haven't learned this stuff, or that they don't remembered what they learned.

In college, professors will review the basics in introductory classes, but they will not spend the whole semester teaching you what you SHOULD already know.

In other words, you wouldn't be prepared for college if you don't already know some of the basics.

BTW, one of the reason why high schools seem to engage students in all these math and science is because they know that many of their students will NOT go to college. If students do not go to college, it is best that they at least know the basics of science before facing society.