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Lucy

Yes I completely agree Audrey 100% and my mum cannot properly understand that logic tbh and we frequently get into debates on this. When I was a teaching assistant at a previous school I helped lots of children who struggled with Maths, English ect, and did not want to go university and I remember saying to just do this to pass, as years down the road you may well not need it! Now to some kids this was a life saver as they really struggled, but others questioned me on this as did teachers as they did not like how honest I was being with kids. But like you I was saying yes if you really need it to get where you wanna be absolutely go for it, but if not, just do your best to pass - that's it! And I gotta say this kids loved that, and frequently would make me these lovely homemade gifts and cards come Christmas ect saying how I really helped them, and that they felt they could always be Thier true selves around me ( which always made me cry - in a good way of course!) And yes Lorelei is very quick witted, she is quick to respond as she acts on her raw emotions. Which is good and bad. And yaaay! I love you love Max - he is awesome and I hope you love him more as we go on 😊

Ronda Bennett

46:48 EXACTLY! This is why I homeschool.

Elizabeth

Me watching this at 12 and listening to Mr. Medinas message: oh that is so hot. Me now at 35: what kinda teacher calls a student and then flirts with her mom! 🤣 Totally hear you on the college stuff. Unfortunately, this show was written at a time where going to college was heavily pressured so the discussion on it isn’t very nuanced.

Ronda Bennett

46:06 correct. She's unhinged. But we love her for it! 😄

Ronda Bennett

47:00 Agreed. I tell my kids the same thing! College is unnecessary unless you're gonna be a doctor, lawyer, or something. The goal is to make sure they are also focused on what they WANT to do as early as possible. I call our style of homeschool (well, Unschooling, technically) Life Learning! My twins will be 13 in Feb. My son wants to be a chef and a ui/UX designer and my daughter wants to be a model and video editor. So THAT, along with real life stuff, and the educational basics that are needed of course, are our focus.

Ronda Bennett

49:18 YES! I plan to do this as well. Learning about different religions and belief systems are SO important! I watched "The Story of God with Morgan Freeman" it opened my eyes to just how different cultures are when it comes to their beliefs systems. It opened my spirituality wide open. Made it ok to not ONLY believe one thing, in one way. It's beautiful.

Ronda Bennett

Such a great review Audrey!🤗 Thx so much!

Van Evans

Apologies in advance for being both long winded and blunt but I have big feelings about the whole 'you shouldn't have to study it if you're not going to college' thing: Shakespeare and classic literature absolutely still matter. Yes, the school system should teach us how to manage money, and many other things, but money isn't everything. Money doesn't teach us about other people in other places and times. It doesn't teach us empathy or how to think deeply or form opinions or make certain connections in our brains. I see so many people say "Why do people keep falling for fake news? Why don't people have any media literacy anymore?" It's because they didn't pay attention in their humanities classes, or they had an education that focused solely on STEM. Learning to read and interpret books is important and it matters just as much as learning to manage finances. The exact dates don't matter, but knowing about the author and the time and context in which they lived and wrote does. It does matter in real life. You might not remember exactly what facts you learned in high school, but you probably do actually use your ability to read and interpret information every single day. Yes, high school should (and sometimes the good ones do) teach us more about our bodies and our society, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I know how to find information about my body, about finances, about different religions. I know how to determine if the source that information is coming from is trustworthy, and how to interpret that information. I wouldn't know how to do that if it weren't for my high school education. It's not always about the facts that you're learning, it's about the process of learning them. So many people forget that. Anti-itellectualism and deciding the humanities don't matter just because college isn't what you're going to do with your life is- in my opinion- one of the reasons we are struggling so much as a society. We have forgotten how to think deeply about things and form our own opinions about them. Most people just go with whatever everyone else in their group (political party, religion, generation etc.) believes about things without exploring it further. College isn't important for everyone, but Rory needs to go to college to achieve her very specific dreams. They're being hard on her, so will Harvard. In spite of her struggling, she still seems to want it. She loves reading and studying, what she needs is someone in her life who will teach her to give herself some grace, someone who will teach her to fail well and learn from it instead of throwing a fit when it doesn't go her way or she makes a mistake. I went to trade school and I used the things I learned while studying Shakespeare, algebra, history, etc. to study my very specific trade. It matters, stop telling kids it doesn't.

Annie Willow

My high school experience did very little to prepare me for adulthood. There was absolutely no focus on practical skills and helping us find what we want to do with our lives after we graduate. We were taught the tests and send on our way when they handed us our diplomas. Granted, my high school had a very high graduation rate, but that doesn’t mean shit if what we were taught is meaningless and unhelpful in everyday life. I had one single meeting with my guidance counselor at the beginning of my senior year that was probably 5 minutes long just asking if I was planning on going to college. We took a career aptitude test at one point but not a single person discussed our results with us. My parents were the same way, there was no discussion and developing skills that would help me in a career that I would love and prosper at. There was no discussion about if college would be the best next step for me, it was just assumed that I would go and just magically figure everything out in life. And because I am such a people pleaser and rule follower, I did what was expected of me. i went to college with absolutely no clue as to what I wanted to do with my life and what I would be good at. The crazy thing is, my mom went to college the exact same way, no clue what she wanted to do, changed her major three times by her junior year and then she dropped out. So even with her own experience, she did nothing to help me find direction and just let me flounder in her same directionless footsteps. My dad was useless also, for him, he went to college right out of high school and got his degree in accounting and then worked for the same company for 30 years bored out of his mind and completely numb. Not exactly a goal I wanted to reach either. I was an undeclared major through my freshman year and then i failed 1 class the first quarter of my sophomore year and my mom just told me I was done. No discussion, no questions, just pulled the rug out from under me. The first class that I ever failed and they just completely gave up on me. Didn’t matter that my brother’s failed classes all the time, they expected more from me, perfection, and I was never going to live up to that. I still don’t have a clue what I’m doing and I’m almost 43, but I do have some answers. I was diagnosed with ADHD and ASD a few years ago, along with my younger sister.

Astoria

I know it is shown as a bad behaviour and everything but calling Paris out Infront of the class and saying everything she wanted to say to her was a good thing. Paris crossed the line over and over again because Rory did nothing to stop her. Well and yelling "it's RORY" at Tristan was so satisfying. Do any of you know the film “The 10th Kingdom”? It's a series with 5 episodes with around 90-120 minutes each. What I'm getting at is, in the series or film, however you want to see it, Rory's teacher plays a role as the big bad wolf. and I think about it every time I see him.

Astoria

To the stuff you have to learn in school, back when I was at school the teachers always said "you have to do the math without a calculator because you will not have one with you every time!" That didn't aged well and yes most of the things are completely pointless. Learning the history of your country and world, yes but you don't need to know some dates. And now we have to whole world history in our pockets there's no need at all. Yes it's good to know some of it but that's why you start studying specific things. Teaching how to do taxes, how to use the internet on a safe way and how important it is to keep private things private, that's something kids should learn. Oh and btw we had a class named WOF Wahlpflichtunterricht - Elective classes and I chose Tai Chi, so I had once ever week a class I learned Tai Chi and that was awesome.

Ryan Hemauer

Interesting take on education. High school for me was learning how to learn and critical thinking. The AP classes helped tailor interests. Exposure to different perspectives and topics (liberal arts education) has been found to foster more open and accepting individuals at a younger age. I agree that it would be great to remove the puritanical culture that disallows talking human anatomy and biology. Teaching religions is difficult to do when most children are indoctrinated into their family mythology at a very young age. Teaching critical thinking and vocational skills are great topics for everyone to learn.

Tyler Explains It All

So, in my senior year of High School my school added a financial algebra class that taught you how to do your taxes, the stock market, how to budget, and just basic "adult" living. So, of course I took that instead of Calculus. My senior year classes were: Financial Algebra, Psychology, Queer Lit, Marine Bio and Music Theory (all useful classes for my life)

Mel86

Love this show.....This is an amazing way to end my 40th birthday!

Jordan Conger

Fun fact for you- Alex Borstein (playing the harpist in this show) was originally intended to play Sookie. They even filmed an unaired pilot with her in the role- but she had another contract she couldn’t be released from. So they gave her the role of Drella to keep her involved with the show.

Rebecca Matte

For what it's worth, everything you describe wanting to have learned is what college is. A liberal arts school or community college that gives you literally the freedom to learn more about humanities and the world around you. That's what college is really good for, and what is lost in some models of college. My school didn't require any particular courses and I got to take weird stuff like you describe. If you can do it at a reasonable cost, like community college or financial aid, or international, college is quite literally what you describe. All this, and the Gilmore Girls model is NOT that

Lydia Shepard

Interesting what you said about college because I went to college immediately after high school wanting to pursue music performance but was first in community college which didn't offer music as a major so my major was liberal arts instead then tried to get into the music program of a school got into the school but not their music program so I was a communications major. Because I wasn't doing what I really wanted I ended up back in community college and then transferred to another school but music was still not my major so I did one semester there and then did the disney college program and was looking up music schools that didn't require an audition since I was in disney and couldn't audition and got into the school that I finally graduated from however it was not as a music major because I had to change majors again so I could graduate before running out of financial aid. Only for me to then decide I want to go for nursing instead. It took me awhile to get back to school because I wanted to be sure that I really wanted nursing as I didn't want to be stuck at school again for a really long time. Now I am a pediatric 1:1 LPN and my student loves music especially motown music and so I put a lot of music on for them and I sing along so my job still has a lot of singing in it. And I am in the process of applying for an LPN to RN bridge program :) Asking the should is advice that I wish I had when I first started college as I clearly did not really know what I wanted to do at 18 years old.

Koko

Thank you 🙂 for this reaction! Most of the topics you mentioned you would have wanted to study 📚 in high school & college 🏫; I've met people who had that opportunity. (I agree most of them would be useful.) This depends on the type of school 🏫 & curriculum 📑 you are afforded. In the states, the classes we take are more focused 👐 on the areas we live in. The majority of learning institutions do not teach those things. World Religions 📚 is more of a college course, mandatory depending on the type of college you attend. If 🤔 you attend private or religious schools 🏫, you will be taught 👩‍🏫 the religion associated with the school (elementary-college). It would be great if we (women) could learn more about our bodies! Unfortunately 🤔, we are behind in the education & research of women, as men were the blueprint ✍🏼; something that still ☝️ needs to improve! Many 👐 areas of science 🧑🔬🔬 need to be reevaluated & redone, especially where women are concerned. Fortunately 🤔, we have more technology 💻 🛜 today that could assist in the development 👷‍♂️ of this education & revision 📚📑.

Shaliek

24:10 I love Lorelai's face here.

Lindsey Swift

I absolutely love you! What you said about schooling is 100% true. That's why I homeschool my children! Thank you for reacting to GG's