EDU: Discussion - 9/12/25 by

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:11:43 UTC

I think COVID was an eye-opener to parents about what all goes into a typical school day.

Izzy H

izzyraeheffernan — 2025-09-12 14:11:55 UTC

do you guys think that there are multiple reasons for education, or is the pourpuse just to get educated? I think its to become social and to be informed and learn things, it also sets you up for your future. Should education just be used to educate people on core concepts and subjects or educate people on life skills?

Nur

2025-09-12 14:11:57 UTC

I believe that parents need to stop looking at education as a form of childcare , I noticed it the most during Covid time. When schools were shut down, there were groups of parents starting to see how different they were and started respecting teachers

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:13:51 UTC

Our education is almost like a series of steps; you have to do one thing before you do another, and it just builds upon itself. So, without a strong structure of education, they may have gaps in their learning compared to others. Going off of what Kianna said with her own children.

hendersontyler151 — 2025-09-12 14:14:16 UTC

I think the main point of education should be to help students find their place in the world. I really agree with what Michael said on the inside about education and the school themselves playing a super intwined role in the process.

gardnerstephanie56 — 2025-09-12 14:15:31 UTC

The purpose of education is to create and set up the future leaders of America. Besides core concepts, we also need to teach students how to have the respective mindset (Gardner). Students are going to be dealing with students with different backgrounds, identity and culture. Students being able to interact with others truly helps create community and understanding. There is more to school than just the core requirements.

Gunnar

gunnarkeeney04 — 2025-09-12 14:15:38 UTC

I feel that the main point of education is preparing students for the future. Not only for their academic skills but also for their people skills.

Izzy H

izzyraeheffernan — 2025-09-12 14:15:58 UTC

I think that summer needs to stay, this gives people the chance to relax and i belive that if we ditched the idea ofd summer break, more people would get burnt out from that.

Marin Irvine

marinirvine — 2025-09-12 14:16:58 UTC

I think a big purpose of education is to provide people with information that helps to set them up to be independent or mostly independent in our society. I think it should highlight the idea of thinking critically about information presented instead of just consuming it neutrally

Kaylee Keller

k0915255 — 2025-09-12 14:17:15 UTC

I am in the middle of this topic because I think that a shorter week and no summer break would be nice to give a break of school work during the week but I also think though that summer is benifical for students and teachers because it gives them a big reset.

hreven — 2025-09-12 14:18:02 UTC

Summer break gives kids the opportunity to take a break from school, if they didn't have the break then they would be even more burnt out. Like a never ending cycle

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:18:26 UTC

One of the articles provided by Patrice said that students learn naturally and learn more than we believe. Could that all-year-round school provide more opportunities for natural learning? That also relates to Addison's discussion about internships.

Ashley B

2025-09-12 14:19:16 UTC

I think the main point of education is to prepare your students for their future and give them the knowledge they need to know to get there. Education is to teach and to prepare for their future academically and socially.

Tyler H

hendersontyler151 — 2025-09-12 14:22:10 UTC

I think that summer breaks can be both beneficial and not at the same time. On the one hand kids have the opportunity to be outside and not be institutionalized. But I see the counter argument about kids potentially falling behind when the next school year starts.

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:22:48 UTC

Summer breaks, in my opinion, provide a sense of satisfaction to students about their completion of the grade they were previously in and build the excitement for their next school year.

Elaina M

2025-09-12 14:23:34 UTC

Children really do learn a lot at school, and the structure is also really good for them. Talking about kindergartners, I work in a classroom in the afternoon, and we just did testing last week, and we had a lot of children graded lower than what they should be. I know a shorter week would be good, but also, children should have a 5-day week, so teachers can have more time to teach and help students who need help. It can help, and they don't have to reteach all the time, and they can continue to go on and children can retain it more. to teach more topics. . as well. to teach

Nur

2025-09-12 14:24:21 UTC

I disagree with Michael because I think summer breaks allows parent to understand what their child knows as well as getting them prepared for the new school year. Anticipating the new school year is one of the best parts of summer for most kids. I also disagree with it since it allows working students to work and get the break that they don't get during weekends and holiday breaks

Abi K

2025-09-12 14:24:31 UTC

I think education is here to get students where they need to be academically and in the real world. Education I feel is fully for the purpose if being taught important skills they need to move along in the future. I believe that parents need to stop sending their kids to school thinking it's childcare, it lacks respect for teachers and doesn't give them the credit they deserve.

Ashley B

2025-09-12 14:26:13 UTC

I think summer breaks are very important for students. Kids need that break. I agree with Aly some people work during those breaks and need money. Many families look forward to summers for that quality time and vacations. There are also options to do summer classes for the students who don’t want to need that break.

Marin Irvine

marinirvine — 2025-09-12 14:26:48 UTC

When I was a para I had a kid that came from an abusive household. He hated breaks from school because he spent more time in that situation. He relied on social programs for child care during the summer that were affordable and easily accessed. I think the majority of people like the summer break. Americans work more than other 1st world countries. I think it's crucial to have longer stints of time in your life where you have some freedom.

Nur

2025-09-12 14:26:54 UTC

Moving on from breaks, how does anyone feel about Educations changes and how it could improve for students that learn differently?

Gunnar

gunnarkeeney04 — 2025-09-12 14:27:29 UTC

Personally, after a month of summer, I am ready to go back to school. I believe that having structure in my day benefits me the most. I also understand a longer summer, which allows for more time to work and make money for schooling

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:27:44 UTC

I agree with Alyssa. I work with kids all week and even I who is not their teacher sees a shift in behavior getting close to a break, ecspecially summer.

Abi K

2025-09-12 14:27:54 UTC

I do believe school breaks are important in the school systems. It gives teachers time to catch up on grades and they can focus on their own personal life. With the students it helps with burnout, I believe that having breaks helps kids with stress and gets them to relax so when they come back to school they are reset and ready to learn again.

Izzy h

izzyraeheffernan — 2025-09-12 14:28:27 UTC

If its a "bad thing" counting down the days to summer, wouldn't it be worse if there were more longer breaks because then there are kids counting down to all those breaks, and if I had a week break every month I would forget wayyyyyyy more stuff

Elaina M

2025-09-12 14:28:34 UTC

I know a lot of you guys want a 4-day work week, and yes, a 4-day work week would be awesome. What do you think about it impacting how you would plan, do tests, and routine and behavior?

Kaylee Keller

k0915255 — 2025-09-12 14:32:15 UTC

I think that class called real life sounds cool and I think every school should add that in before you graduate, because sometimes I feel like schools just send you off into the real world without a lot of real life topics discussed

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:32:24 UTC

Every student has a different take on school. What is amazing and helpful for one student may not be the same for the other. You hope every student takes it seriously, but at the end of the day, it is that student's choice.

hendersontyler151 — 2025-09-12 14:33:14 UTC

I feel that education and schools in general needs to look at the outside world and decide what is most important in the world. Classes like Personal Finance or Money Management are becoming more important while classes like Woodworking are starting to lose relevance.

patrice

socialsciences6 — 2025-09-12 14:33:37 UTC

When is it a parent's responsibility to teach basic life skills?

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:33:53 UTC

Would these changes in things like summer be a district-to-district choice, or should states choose for all the districts within that specific state?

hreven — 2025-09-12 14:34:17 UTC

So many people don't know how to do basic things when thrown into the real world, so a class like that - learning how to do basic things that you need to know, I think every school should have.

Izzy H

izzyraeheffernan — 2025-09-12 14:34:39 UTC

I took classes for cooking, parenting, budgeting, sewing, interior design and I went to a super small school also like I graduated with 40 people, I think that schools should prioritize what they are teaching students, and my school did really well with that.

Abi K

2025-09-12 14:35:35 UTC

If parents send their kids to school and expect them to learn basic life skills, and they don't, why should that be the parents responsibility to teach them when they are paying for an education?

Elaina M

2025-09-12 14:36:04 UTC

Yes, I agree that some schools are setting their students up for failure because they are teaching subjects that students don't need to know as much. All schools should have classes that teach adult things to prepare us better, and not just one class and call it good. Have multiple classes and I wish that States would make it law to have classes that better prepare students for after high school. high school.

Ashley B

2025-09-12 14:37:24 UTC

I think it is very important to have schools teach basic life skills, students won’t always have that parent figure to teach you and how are students supposed to learn then?

patrice

socialsciences6 — 2025-09-12 14:38:26 UTC

Can schools take on every responsibility of life skills? We don't have time for what we currently are required to teaching. Adding more on our plate and then reducing the time in school is not compatible.

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:40:16 UTC

School provides a sense of structure and consistency that some students do not have in their life outside of school

Tyler H

hendersontyler151 — 2025-09-12 14:45:44 UTC

Do you guys think that putting life skills in school make teachers replace parents? I am interested if that is a class that you guys would ever teach

Nur

2025-09-12 14:46:36 UTC

I agree with everyone saying that more schools should offer Life classes. It allows students to learn things that will help them in the future when they are done with secondary school

Jordyn Akers

2025-09-12 14:48:39 UTC

Learning styles and understanding how each student will succeed, in my opinion, should be developed within the first few months of the school year to make sure all year long the student is doing the best that they can

Kaylee Keller

k0915255 — 2025-09-12 14:49:30 UTC

I agree with her point of how I watched and took notes on a PowerPoint and then I memorized it and then took the test, but I feel like it was just more of a memory skill than actually learning the material

Elaina

2025-09-12 14:50:23 UTC

When children learn, I agree that they need a lot of practice and also doing a lesson visually and hands-on. That's where a teacher does I do, We do, you do method.