Steve Jobs: Why don't schools get rid of the crappy stuff? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Steve Jobs: Why don't schools get rid of the crappy stuff? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Steve Jobs: Why don't schools get rid of the crappy stuff?

"Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff."
-Steve Jobs

by C.J. Westerberg

Here are ten - of the "crappy stuff" - to get rid of in schools:

1) Having a class on good nutrition, and then serving up crap in the cafeteria.

2) Talking about the importance of Math, and then serving up crappy curriculum, like the
"fuzzy" stuff.

3) Not dealing with bullying effectively, yet punishing students for too many
absences (the two could not be related, right?).

4) Having an awards ceremony where one or two students get 90% of the awards,
usually about "subjects" and grades. Really, why bother? And, this is supposed to