It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 22/09/2015 06:22:31 PM
View original postIf you look at the most popular candidates in each party's primary, you see that they are ignoring logic to make populist arguments that appeal to peoples' emotions. When more conventional candidates try to point out logical flaws, they are berated as being defeatist insiders or worse, as "intellectuals". People are starting to not know how much they don't know, which is another step down the road to Idiocracy.
If anything, it's arguably a sign that education has improved, to the point where far more people feel qualified to proclaim opinions, even on subjects that they're completely clueless on.
One of the most depressing statistics is the 43% of Republicans who believe Obama is a Muslim - what that really means is that nearly half of the population (I rather suspect Democrats would be as bad on other topics) feels that their opinion trumps those pesky little things called facts.
View original postI am supplementing my children's education at home with real, substantive education. We read books on science and history, I get out the Atlas to show maps and teach geography and my 6-year-old is learning Latin. I explained the accusative case and she never made a mistake once. We added the genitive case a few days later and are moving slowly but with marked progress.
Latin at 6? Impressive. Is she already bilingual in English and Russian?
I don't understand education priorities
- 22/09/2015 04:21:44 AM
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The nation is falling apart due to stupidity
- 22/09/2015 02:57:18 PM
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It amazes me how many parents don't seem to think they have a role in thier children's education
- 22/09/2015 05:44:33 PM
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It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though.
- 22/09/2015 06:22:31 PM
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But it has. College is now teaching what high school should have.
- 22/09/2015 09:00:20 PM
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Re: It doesn't necessarily follow that education is getting worse, though.
- 23/09/2015 02:03:03 AM
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To some extent - not entirely - it's just that the ideas of general knowledge were different.
- 23/09/2015 06:25:36 PM
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You keep making this error in your logic.
- 23/09/2015 07:44:00 PM
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I do agree with you in large parts - but I don't see the full picture as bleakly. Maybe wrongly.
- 23/09/2015 10:16:54 PM
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It's more symptomatic, IMO
- 26/09/2015 05:49:12 PM
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We agree on most things, then. Good.
- 26/09/2015 11:09:40 PM
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German?
- 27/09/2015 03:21:51 PM
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Do you have the full statistics? That'd be interesting.
- 27/09/2015 04:59:40 PM
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Can you list those language choices?
- 28/09/2015 07:21:37 AM
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Wait, who is that a question to?
- 28/09/2015 06:38:20 PM
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The answer you gave was less accurate than what the teacher was asking for
- 28/09/2015 05:06:12 PM
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A math teacher worth their salt should grade according to the solution method
- 28/09/2015 05:28:45 PM
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the most important thing is top give the correct answer and only one is correct.
- 28/09/2015 06:27:22 PM
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So apparently you get a double post even if you get a server error message.
- 22/09/2015 02:57:26 PM
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Surely if you invest in your child's education, you should aim to get the most bang for your buck.
- 22/09/2015 06:11:51 PM
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you do realize that TV is different than real life, yes? *NM*
- 24/09/2015 12:07:27 AM
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Then why do we need Strong Female characters? Why is it wrong to portray possible racism?
- 26/09/2015 05:24:05 PM
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