Schooling in america?.. - Should children or parents decide?

[Zpower]

Today I was thinking wouldnt schooling be 100% more effective, if children ages 12 and up got to decide what kind of school they wanted to attend? Instead of having a kid say whos interested in becoming an artist, or a mechanic having to learn mutiple courses of math, science, and enlish grammar? Its really stupid and I think darkage kind of way of teaching. That the jobs that people NEED specialization in dont cover a extense study on math, science, or english grammar. Hopefully when we can get someone other than bush in office, who doesnt have any GOOD ideas on learning ect.. then American children can benefit.
Its really a disappointment that kids of today have to wait untill they are in Highschool to pick subjects they want to take, and even then are FORCED to learn material that holds no real value to their career choices.. Im talking about in public schools where parents cant afford to send their kids to some specialized schooling system. Now Im not a political leader or nothing, but things do need to change. I've recently seen some schools in the USA actually planning to have specialized schools for different jobs which is a huge step on down the line.Though I think it will be a matter of what the parent say goes. However as this topic reads who do you think should decide? The parent of the child?
Also what are your opinions about this matter, and do you wish you could of had a choice of what kind of school you wanted to attend when you were growing up?



Edited By Zpower on 1104618013