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3 Responses to snerk!

1. ErnestThing says:

   November 12, 2011 at 6:48 am

   This reminded me of a reaction I had a year and a half ago to something similar. I guess it carries additional meaning now. linky

   At the time I thought it was a little too emotional, but looking back on it now, it seems dangerously relevant.
2. Mad Rocket Scientist says:

   November 12, 2011 at 9:47 am

   ET
   Read your post, and Yep.

   While on the one hand, I’m glad my parents were pretty laid back and didn’t demand I do anything but MY best at school, it would have been nice if they pushed me a little bit more (I was soOoOoOo bored in HS). I left HS with a solid ‘C’ average, and parents who were pretty sure I’d be lucky to make it through trade school.

   I didn’t think I could handle college until I went into the Navy & did so well there, and that new found confidence & discipline, coupled with my wife telling me I was smart enough to do it, is what got me going. Of course, I don’t think I could have succeeded at college right out of high school. I needed what the Navy gave me.
3. ErnestThing says:

   November 13, 2011 at 6:28 pm

   Being bored in school strikes a serious nerve with me because of what we’re doing to our current generation of intelligent students.

   Usually when a child is bored in class, they become a distraction in some way or another, which usually causes the teacher to take note. It used to be that if the student claimed he was bored because he already understood the subject, that student would be tested, determined to be gifted in some way, and given additional challenges or placed into an advanced class.

   Today, a child who is bored in class and is distracting other children has no other class to go to or (usually) any additional challenges the teacher can offer, so this child is medicated. This stunts their mental development and drags them down to the lowest common denominator (which, by the way, they could figure out in their heads without showing any work).

   It worries me greatly that we have a whole generation of intelligence being intentionally squelched due to laziness on the part of teachers and parents. Instead of exploring their creativity and ingenuity, these poor children are being trained to take tests, and regurgitate facts without context or understanding. It’s no wonder they’re acting out.

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