Discussion with parents

When I was talking with my parents about the "organic food" and how companies can get more money by calling eggs "free range". My mom pointed out to me that she was already quite aware of the situation. That was the reason that we actively participate in a csa and have our own egg source (4 chickens that can roam around 1/3 of an acre). My mom is also allergic to corn so she was also well aware that corn is in just about everything. She really wasn't surprised about anything I told her and she completely agreed that we do need to do something about the system we have now.

School Daze Dialectic Journal

"So you supposedly 'learned' how a bill passes Congress, passed a test on the subject, and promptly forgot all about it."


I was intrigued by this quote because it was completely true for me. In elementary school (before I became part of the High Tech system) I had never gotten less than a 97% on a test no matter what the subject was. But if you asked me where the Delaware River was, what year the American Revolution was started, or even who the war of 1812 was between, I wouldn't be able to answer it without guessing. I feel that this is probably true of most people unless they are really interested in the topic. So if all we do is remember a few facts that we know we are going to be tested on then forget about it to make room for more information that we are going to forget about later on, then what's the point of teaching it to us in the first place other than to waste time?