[talkingtab]

The fundamental issue is that our public school system turned into a training ground to serve corporations. To teach us all to be followers. Raise you hand. Sit still all day. Now there are fewer and fewer corporate jobs so that purpose is outmoded. Why train every American young person to be a drone when there is no need for drones?

Why do we still have schools then? Why do people still fund these outmoded institutions? Because now both parents need to work in order to earn enough live. As a result schools (junior and high) are simply glorified day care or prisons. And yes they serve some purpose and do some good for some, maybe even many people. But for many of our young they simply instill unproductive ideas and behaviors.

If we are interested in our children having good productive lives, our high school are for many kids of zero value or negative value.

We do not need more followers/drones. We need doers.

A science fair can be one of the few opportunities a young person has to do, as opposed to follow. Lets enhance that and provide more.

[dkasper]

That’s not a new phenomenon. The public education system is rooted in creating factory workers for the Industrial Revolution.