Where do you think the school system messed up big time?

Sex education, bullying and mental health   reply

my school taught sex ed at yr 7 but left out mental health and bullying to yr 10 geee so late (-_-) I got teased a lot when I was younger not older?? They give more attention to juniors than seniors but that's when we need it most, so I had several different teachers for a subject in yr 11 and 12. They forget to mention other pathways, but focus ......   reply

I could go on and on about this for a long time. tl;dr, school should be like how it is in Finland everywhere. Or at least more like how it is in Finland.   reply

I'm lucky to have gotten very thorough good sex ed, and covering mental health and so on. but one thing ... we don't have any space to have our jackets or anything.. other than our chair.. maybe not a very big issue lol   reply

The way they've turned it from having tests for the sake of learning, to learning for the sake of having tests. It's so frustrating how we're told to learn stuff because it will be on the test, instead of telling us to learn stuff because it's important to learn. Last year they litterally just stopped teaching after we'd finished our exams, even th......   reply

The system in my time was great. It was harder, but you were taught how to think for yourself and how to find answers using resources beyond the internet. Well, there was no internet in my time. Education now teaches a student WHAT to think rather than HOW to think. There is a huge difference between the two. There is no discovery for the student i......   reply

I'm surprised mental health is being brought up. I mean, The u.s. society Is reluctant to even talk about it and these are mature adults. So of course you aren't going to see it at u.s. schools. I know it should but making people care is a never ending battle that I've given up on. Sex Ed isn't a problem though. They're very thorough about it, int......   reply