"Personally, I'm largely in favor of knowing things, but I think what sucks about being forced to learn a whole bunch of things you aren't directly interested in and don't see any inherent value in and don't need to know is that it makes learning things sort of terrible. Like, I don't think there are very many people who _really_ only care about either mathy things or languagey things. I think everyone has a very unique and eclectic range of interests, and they are interested in things to varying degrees, and I think the good kind of knowing things is having the ability to explore and understand and use those interests in a way that makes you excited about life and knowing even more things and gaining new interests and learning about them." - Ladylechuga, in a comment
Saturday, June 16, 2012
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(Commenting here instead of the last post) I think that a basic knowledge of many things is useful to have, but the detail into which many required courses goes tends to be excessive. I think students ought to have more of a choice in the matter, considering that the mind has limited capacity. At least, I've been told that it does....
ReplyDeleteAlso, I agree with Ladylechuga. Sorry that I haven't commented in so long!
The mind doesn't really have a limited capacity--it just forgets what it doesn't think is necessary. Even if it did, high school wouldn't NEARLY fill it-- I mean, doctors go to school for years and years and years and really do have to remember most of that information in order to pass their final tests to be licensed.
Delete...I have been misinformed again!
DeleteOh gee whiz my comment has its own post! I feel like a special snowflake.
ReplyDeleteAll of my children are special snowflakes. :)
DeleteSome of us are more different than others! Meaning the three of us and our lot in particular. Which is good, I would say.
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