High Schools Need Philosophy Classes

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“Logic allows you to understand how arguments are made and evaluated, and whether or not the reasoning is sound,” Tapia said.

Philosophy majors are consistently top-scoring on the GRE, the primary standardized test for graduate school admission. Philosophy majors are tied with Economics majors on the Law School Admission Test and outperform business majors on the Graduate Management Admission Test, showing the application and diversity of philosophy.

 
As Carlin told you pretty much the last thing the people who run America want are citizens who can and will think for themselves.
 
Possibly not a bad idea if it covers Greek Philosophers.
I would think Civics and Logic classes might would do better.
 
Public high schools need to get their students to read, write, and do math at high school levels, instead of grade school levels like they're doing, first I'd think...
 
Has it gotten that bad?
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Yep.

About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills, with more than half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 struggling to read.

It's that bad. I've had more than one recent encounter where some teen working in a fast-food joint couldn't make change. They are flummoxed when you pay with cash and even ask why I can't just "use a card like everyone else."
 
Yep.

About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills, with more than half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 struggling to read.

It's that bad. I've had more than one recent encounter where some teen working in a fast-food joint couldn't make change. They are flummoxed when you pay with cash and even ask why I can't just "use a card like everyone else."
I actually had that happen at Lowe's. Had to tell the girl what the correct change would be.
I couldn't be a cashier, too sausage-fingered, but I can do the math.
Clearly there was a lacking in her education. That's something I'll be paying a lot of money for very shortly.
Also, cash is freedom, cards are not. They track wherever they go and what is purchased and sell that information of what you do, for you to possibly be targeted with personalized ads AND they may charge you to use their card, too!
 
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I actually had that happen at Lowe's. Had to tell the girl what the correct change would be.
I couldn't be a cashier, too sausage-fingered, but I can do the math.
Clearly there was a lacking in her education. That's something I'll be paying a lot of money for very shortly.
Also, cash is freedom, cards are not. They track wherever they go and what is purchased and sell that information of what you do, for you to possibly be targeted with personalized ads AND they may charge you to use their card, too!
I see the big problem with cards is people who already are marginal at math and writing are going to have a difficult time tracking their spending. They're likely to overdraw accounts, that sort of thing. Or, they have a "Don't worry about paying now..." attitude towards spending.

Cards have made Visa and Mastercard two of the most lucrative and profitable corporations there are today.
 
I see the big problem with cards is people who already are marginal at math and writing are going to have a difficult time tracking their spending. They're likely to overdraw accounts, that sort of thing. Or, they have a "Don't worry about paying now..." attitude towards spending.

Cards have made Visa and Mastercard two of the most lucrative and profitable corporations there are today.
I have a few, mainly for the credit score. :oops:
It's a thing..you have to have some. It's almost fascist. :whoa:
No annual fees. I read some of the terms of some of those things, just pokin' around.
Man, I could swear I saw 24% on one of the lesser ones. :o
Compound interest. That's some serious shylockin' there, boy.
 
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I have a few, mainly for the credit score. :oops:
I use credit cards for big ticket purchases because cash would be inconvenient. But there are times I'll pay in cash for something big because I get a great discount doing so. Had to replace my pool pump last year. Got a $600 discount from the little shop I went through for cash. They knocked off the 3% charge for credit card transactions then another 7 off their 10% wholesale price. They still got a profit and I got a pump at a price none of the bigger outlets would touch. (Install was DIY--I'm what you call an "expert!")
 
I use credit cards for big ticket purchases because cash would be inconvenient. But there are times I'll pay in cash for something big because I get a great discount doing so. Had to replace my pool pump last year. Got a $600 discount from the little shop I went through for cash. They knocked off the 3% charge for credit card transactions then another 7 off their 10% wholesale price. They still got a profit and I got a pump at a price none of the bigger outlets would touch. (Install was DIY--I'm what you call an "expert!")
I pay cash for a lot. I ain't even gonna say what all. The 2nd to last thing I had to do saved me several thousand dollars and I got a great job.
By paying cash. The last one only saved me like $350..grrr.
I could eat for a month on $350, though. So there's that :)
 
I have never used a credit card or bot anything on credit in my life. I do use a debit card since i like to buy online.
It is highly recommended that you do not use a debt card on line for shopping. Credit cards come with a protection debt cards don't have where you are shielded from loss if somebody gets ahold of it and makes unauthorized purchases.
 
Richard feynmann once said philosophy is "words about words."
Totally useless subject.
A few years ago, I would have partially agreed with you. Today we have large language models, and realize that words are the way we think. Building the logic of words into artificial intelligence gives us near AGI.

Philosophy has been studied by educated people for over 2,000 years for a reason.
 
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