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I disagree. Imo, there isn't any point to teaching driving skills to students. Imo, I also don't believe that it would be entirely ethical.
How many hours of the average American's life will be spent behind the wheel of a car?
How many hours of the average American's life will be spent examining 400 year old stage plays?
If they get something wrong behind the wheel of a car, what's the worst that can happen?
If they get something wrong examining a 400 year old stage play, what's the worst that can happen?
I propose that teaching Shakespeare instead of more in depth driver's ed isn't entirely ethical.
Out of curiosity, do you live in an area that doesn't require a driver's license in order to be legally allowed to drive on a public road?
No, I do live in an area where drivers' ed is pathetically short and simple though.
Instead of adding it to a mandatory school curriculum, would you be satisfied with a more strict licensing process?
Would it be a goal of yours to reduce the amount of time that one spends driving in their life? If so, do you think that teaching drivers ed in school will achieve that end?
Reducing but not eliminating the amount of time people drive would mean less practical experience which means rusty drivers. I recommend recurring training.
For clarity, do you mean, for example, being required to re-pass a drivers test to renew one's license?
I think you misunderstood me. To be completely fair, I was rather vague. I wasn't arguing that one was more ethical than the other. My argument about ethics was from the perspective of further subsidizing something that already receives enormous subsidies — ie driving and cars (this is conjecture at the moment, but I can go into more detail if you'd like).