A trial is currently underway to determine if unequal school funding violates the Pennsylvania Constitution.
The attorney for Senate President Pro Tem Jake Corman kept asking why the Pennsylvania academic standards mattered for certain students. “What use would a carpenter have for biology? What use would someone on the McDonald’s career track have for Algebra I?” The lawyer said that Pennsylvania had many needs, and noted “There’s a need for retail workers, for people who know how to flip a pizza crust.”
Margie Wakelin, a lawyer arguing against the current system, had a good answer. She said you couldn’t predict a student’s ultimate career. As for the retail worker she said it might be good for that worker “...to understand basic biology of viruses due bing a global pandemic.”
Corman’s lawyer (and Corman) would probably argue that the carpenter can get his necessary information from Facebook or Dr. Oz.
A well-rounded education is vital for everyone. I never thought that things I was taught in school would become so necessary in my life as my career developed.
ReplyDeleteI think that is true of many of us.
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