2 subjects here :
- 1 ) teaching religion in school .... : non but teaching what is religion and history of religion yes ... In France, in the last year of high school/college ( at 17 / 18 ) philosophy is taught and religion is one of the themes .
Evolution must be taught, not one the same level than religion but as a part of the scientific corpus.
- 2) The level of the students ?
He is not good, he is not average, he is not bad, he is abyssimal ......
I have been a member of a jury testing students with 5 or 6 years at university, each time i was choked.
But i am not sure that the level has gone down !
The key of the matter is that 40 years ago, 1 young out of twenty or some thing like that went to university ..... Today, at least 1/4 of youngs go to university.
40 years ago, most students went to select high school and were coming from the upper middle or upper classes. They had the level in humanities... Now many students come from the middle middle class an from families who have not the level in humanities.
As the openning of universityhas not been accompanied by the means to teach theses new stutdents, the average level ahas fallen.
But i am sure that the level of the elite is the same as 40 years ago, with two differences
- a ) The competition of TV and video games with reading
- b) The requirements have changed .
2 )
- 1 ) teaching religion in school .... : non but teaching what is religion and history of religion yes ... In France, in the last year of high school/college ( at 17 / 18 ) philosophy is taught and religion is one of the themes .
Evolution must be taught, not one the same level than religion but as a part of the scientific corpus.
- 2) The level of the students ?
He is not good, he is not average, he is not bad, he is abyssimal ......
I have been a member of a jury testing students with 5 or 6 years at university, each time i was choked.
But i am not sure that the level has gone down !
The key of the matter is that 40 years ago, 1 young out of twenty or some thing like that went to university ..... Today, at least 1/4 of youngs go to university.
40 years ago, most students went to select high school and were coming from the upper middle or upper classes. They had the level in humanities... Now many students come from the middle middle class an from families who have not the level in humanities.
As the openning of universityhas not been accompanied by the means to teach theses new stutdents, the average level ahas fallen.
But i am sure that the level of the elite is the same as 40 years ago, with two differences
- a ) The competition of TV and video games with reading
- b) The requirements have changed .
2 )
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