[knarf]

and they were talking about requirements about testing for graduation
I guess Congress right now is discussing this

And I thought about it for a minute and decided ... graduating from High School is nothing but the imrimatur from everything society can input into a child

Now, at 18 or 19 years old, in time past, that was an age to marry and start farmin' or ranchin' or something ... and in my opinion ... nothing has changed

So WHAT do I, as a member of society want from a new entry ?

I want someone who can read, write, do basic arithmetic (a rat in the house may eat the ice cream), KNOW who and WHAT they are, and have an idea about their political/social position as a member in society (not OF society)

In my opinion, those are the basics and all the additional formulation will develop because of experience.

So ..

To graduate from high school they should be tested in;

readin'
writin'
'rithmetic
world history freshmen
American history last 3 yrs (which would include civics)
religion and comparative religion in the last two years

In my opinion, a well grounded person will know how to communicate, know God, know themselves and be a productive member FOR society

The specialties .. trades and professions .. were not included because I think it would be understood that some kind of training would be provided for that decision

As a school board member, I see a lot of what appears to be what I have stated, but the end result doesn't seem to be a secure citizen of a community, desiring to live life and provide for American posterity ... instead, I see a lot of insecurity and indecision about who and what they are and what are they supposed to do now.

THAT is the failing of the public HS system and I'll do my best to change it

[Born to Conserve]

You graduate from high school when you stop paying for it.

[Red Badger]

The Left wants ‘equal outcomes’.
In order to do that they must lower the standards.
Free people are not equal.
Equal people are not free...................

[impimp]

Your views are repugnant. You want public money to be used to teach religion?!? The Comparative Religion course is a Trojan horse used by leftists to undermine Christianity. Look up what is going on in Quebec.

[Twotone]

Something I’ve often thought about since my own school days (long ago) is that it was never really directly expressed that school was FOR ME, preparing me the rest of my life, & I could expect to get out of it what I put into it. I think that’s the first thing that should be said in class, & they need to have a good response when a kid asks ‘why do I have to know this?’

Good for you for getting on the school board!

[needmorePaine]

I would add:
US History and Civics, with a strong focus on the founding from the Enlightenment philosophers that influenced the Revolution through the Constitution.

Basic Finance and Accounting, especially focusing on debt.

Public Speaking and Debate, with a focus on rhetorical and logical fallacies.

[dinodino]

How about closing all public schools? Let private schools teach what they want. Government should have no say.

[BunnySlippers]

How many religions are you planning teaching? There are too many to teach.

I was raised in a Catholic girl’s school ... but I don’t want my kids learning other religions. That should be a matter for a family ... NOT school.

[Salvation]

I would add two years of foreign language, preferable Latin.

Then two years of Spanish.

[minnesota_bound]

History is important. In high school they d not teach much about WW2 as an example or of course nothing on how the democrats lose wars. It was only because the communists were attacked that the left supported the war against the germans.

[Svartalfiar]

My roommate’s a Mexican, and just received his date for his exam. I see no reason why one HS grad requirement wouldn’t be to pass the same exam all immigrants have to pass.