I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.

What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    School did teach me how to swim, yes. Public school. And welding was also an option for kids who decided to go to tech school instead of regular HS. As well as HVAC.

    Yes, school taught me thermodynamics because it was a course I needed for my major.

    I’m not sure what point you think you’re making here…? Have you never heard of technical school? Vocational School? College?

    • Nobsi@feddit.de
      16·
      1 year ago

      welding was also an option for kids who decided to go to tech school i
      So you agree with me.
      Not everyone needs Excel and it doen’t need to be taught in school.
      If one needs it they will learn it when it’s required.

      Yes, school taught me thermodynamics because it was a course I needed for my major.

      That’s not School, thats University and it’s because you chose to take the course.
      You chose to learn it.
      It was not part of your regular Middle to Highschool curriculum.

      Lucky you, that they taught you how to swim.

      • DRUMS_@reddthat.com
        4·
        1 year ago

        College is school. Early education teaches you skills to be a competent adult …and so we don’t have a population of mouth breathers.

        • Nobsi@feddit.de
          13·
          1 year ago

          College is a chosen path. You chose to learn it. It is not a required course for everyone.
          Not everyone needs to know how thermodynamics work.
          No Plumber needs to know how to configure firewalls.
          No Secretary needs to know how to do plumbing.

          • DRUMS_@reddthat.com
            3·
            1 year ago

            So what is your argument then? “Not everyone needs to know Thermodynamics”. Maybe that’s why that is an advanced class in highschool. Do you just not like people getting a general, well-rounded education?

            It looks like an English teacher never taught you how a paragraph is formatted, Mr. I-make-a-new-line-after-each-sentence.

            • Nobsi@feddit.de
              11·
              1 year ago

              Are you just here to agree with me?
              Yes. Not everyone needs Excel. That’s why you learn it when you need it.
              That’s why it’s not on the curriculum and why it’s not important. That’s also why Excel and computer literate do not go with eachother.
              “The new guy at work doesn’t know how to use =(index …)” is of no indication of anything. Just teach him.

              Yes. Because Lemmy has a non-dynamic line width that everyone adheres to and a proper wordprocessor in its editor.
              I use lines because it makes text more readable. This isnt Latex, i am not writing an Essay.
              I am telling you people why Word and Excel are not life defining skills, that everyone needs to know.
              Why do children not learn how to use Latex anymore. How are they ever gonna be technologically literate when they cannot even use Latex.