Today is my first day of standardized testing

[#Ravencroft]

The worst part is that people in highschool don't even know how relevant the stuff they're taught in their subjects are to the industry or to further education, so they unknowingly just bash everything about it.

This is true, but I believe most of the people here are talking about how relevant it is towards their college education. In that case it isn't relevant at all mainly becauce like 90% of people don't know what the hell they want to do until it's too late and they can't take their desired classes until college.

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To be fair, high-end white-collar bullcrap (programming, mathematics, science, engineering, etc) will get you a job that won't be taken by robots in 25 years. The 'practical' stuff, not so much (truck driving, factory jobs, farming, etc).

well robots won't make effective electricians B)

[General]

Even if not everything you're taught will be used in the job you ultimately decide to go for in the future, you need to realise that everything you're taught in a highschool subject widely used in the industry absolutely everywhere...

I cannot understand why some people prefer to go to the bare minimum than to put in a little extra effort and have so many new doors open to them. As you grow older, you can change your mind about what you'd like to become also, and being so restricted wont be a good thing in that case.

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In that case it isn't relevant at all mainly becauce like 90% of people don't know what the hell they want to do until it's too late and they can't take their desired classes until college.

In highschool you're kind of forced to do certain subjects which I know suck, however yeah kids really don't know what the forget they really want to do, and if they do that opinion is likely to change.

However, the subject you choose to do at college will continue from all the knowledge you have learnt from that subject in highschool, which is why sitting a highschool exam for that subject and getting a good grade for it is very important.

[SeventhSandwich]

well robots won't make effective electricians B)

Of course. There's definitely blue-collar jobs that will last for another generation. However, robots are going to take a lot of people's jobs.

[Machaty]

So I guess I'll clarify what I said earlier:

I go to a charter school, which means that my school operates under a charter given to us by the state. To retain our funding, we need to get high test scores. This means that we used to spend half the day in PSSA prep classes that ONLY prepared us for the test.

And don't give me that "you'll understand when you're older" nonsense. I'm fully capable of figuring out that catering towards the test is not an efficient way to learn. Also, both of my parents are professors with a rather thorough understanding of the education system. They both think hate standardized testing. In fact, the only teachers I've ever had that approve of the test were the stuffty ones, because they could just use the curriculum provided to them by the state.

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What you don't realise is I thought the same way as you did just a few years ago... Now that I'm done with highschool I appreciate the way things were done back then. Some wacky coincidence huh?

Believe it or not all that extra effort to get a good grade does help you with college. In college you'll be basically tested in the same way, in a room full of people working on the same exam paper.

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Tests that you take are designed to try your logic and understanding of a subject. Notice how they always try and catch you out, that is done on purpose to test your logic, and it's done rightly so... Being able to make your own decision on something is a characteristic that is very well looked upon in the working world.

I don't see anything wrong with testing people this way.