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<blockquote data-quote="Jimi77" data-source="post: 8894348" data-attributes="member: 673702">I&#039;d really like to know where our education dollars are going.&nbsp; The US spends ~$15k/yr/pupil and failing our kids at an alarming rate.&nbsp; I&#039;m gonna throw this in here.&nbsp; My kid participates in this program called Avid that is supposedly a class to prepare them for college.&nbsp; What it really is a class where they literally do nothing.&nbsp; They&#039;ll take a field trip to visit a local college once or twice a year and that&#039;s all the &quot;college prep&quot; they do.&nbsp; It&#039;s basically a free period for the kids to do homework, play board games, fart around on their laptops or phones.&nbsp; And it&#039;s a guaranteed A to boost their GPA.&nbsp; Really the class would probably benefit the kids that aren&#039;t college bound or on the border.&nbsp; For kids that are excelling and on their way to college this is a waste of time.&nbsp; And some teacher is getting paid ~$60k/yr + benefits to &quot;teach&quot; this class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimi77, post: 8894348, member: 673702"] I'd really like to know where our education dollars are going. The US spends ~$15k/yr/pupil and failing our kids at an alarming rate. I'm gonna throw this in here. My kid participates in this program called Avid that is supposedly a class to prepare them for college. What it really is a class where they literally do nothing. They'll take a field trip to visit a local college once or twice a year and that's all the "college prep" they do. It's basically a free period for the kids to do homework, play board games, fart around on their laptops or phones. And it's a guaranteed A to boost their GPA. Really the class would probably benefit the kids that aren't college bound or on the border. For kids that are excelling and on their way to college this is a waste of time. And some teacher is getting paid ~$60k/yr + benefits to "teach" this class. [/QUOTE]

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