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Should the Basics of Law Be Taught in High School? (As an Elective)

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After 5 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

K_Michael
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Should high schoolers have a basic knowledge of law? I think so. Not that it should be required, but there should be a class for it. I would hate to go to law school only to realize that I don't like it.

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@K_Michael

I just like birds, man. All the birds.

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@K_Michael

i guess There was none a short while ago

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@dave2242

Wait, are there just a bunch of bird enthusiasts on DART? lol

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@K_Michael

i dont think that is a kingfisher. but yes i agree it looks somewhat similar

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@Chitty-Chitty

And your profile is a kingfisher? It looks similar, anyways.

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@Chitty-Chitty

I'm fairly interested in ornithology, myself. I'm probably not going to major in it, though. It's more like a hobby.
What's your favorite bird? You said you wanted to be a falconer, so I'm guessing a bird of prey.

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@Chitty-Chitty

I would have responded sooner, but I didn't see a notification. Possibly I was clearing them as you published?

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

It doesn't matter if it is already being taught. Someone can argue for or against something being instituted even if it's already instituted. It's just like saying "Donald Trump should be President."

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@K_Michael

Let me save you the trouble, they're probably already teaching it.

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

All very valid, but I would still like certain things to be taught.

On a slight tangent from this subject. I always see people claim "this and this and this need to be taught in school" or "I never learned this or this or this" and the funny thing is. They always named off something I learned in school. It's like a stigma of sorts. There's problems with schools obviously because we see problems with drop out rates especially in public schools, but people are always so quick to stab at the curriculum and not consider other factors like funding, or methodology behind the curriculum. etc.

I personally think that private schools should be illegal. There's precedent for this and it's ultimately beneficial because it forces EVERYBODY in the community to care about the schools because they don't get to pull their kid out of the system and leave the rest to rot.

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@K_Michael

I don't know how your high school is however at my high school in northern California we have various career pathways with classes for that pathway. For instance my junior and senior, I'll be taking Mock Trials, Foundations of Law and Public Service, and public service career core.

should be

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@Alec

I'm okay with that. But a curriculum be developed so that the schools have that option.

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@K_Michael

I think the schools should decide for themselves whether or not to have this class. Some schools can't afford it.

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@K_Michael

YESS, I want to go to law school and I would loooooooooooooooooooove this

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

There's some stuff in the terms of legal research and language that high school doesn't cover.

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@Wrick-It-Ralph

You might be right. I haven't been to law school, so I don't know if there's an appreciable difference between what high schoolers learn and law school. Of course, there's still the question of it it SHOULD...

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@K_Michael

What makes you think that schools don't already do this? Do you mean local penal codes? Because Federal law is definitely taught in schools and it's not an elective, it's part of history class. They just sneak it in so good that you don't realize it, lol.

If you're talking about in depth semantic bar exam law, then maybe yes?