By Andrew Cook
Physics. Calculus. Chemistry. In an era shrouded by talks of a sluggish U.S. educational system and the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), these courses are needed in Colorado schools now more than ever before.
Yet they all fall short in comparison to one other course: Underwater Basket Weaving 101.
At its core, underwater basket weaving exists as an impractical skill to most, but don’t be so quick to write it off as irrelevant. Underwater basket weaving can provide our state’s educators with a method of instilling values into our students that they are currently most deficient in: patience, focus and self-control.
It’s one of the biggest problems facing our schools today: how to keep students’ attention in the digital age. All classrooms — from elementary school to college — consist of clock-watchers and text-messagers. This results in wasted class time and money in a state where our schools can afford to waste neither.