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PornMD · 09-28-2010, 02:35 PM

There's kind of a problem brewing that may be really hard to overcome. The computer is becoming more and more not just a part of every day life, but as big if not bigger a part of everyday life as TV has been for many of us growing up. Social interaction in person is going down more and more, mostly by preference vs. necessity. However school for the most part hasn't changed...you go to school for 6+ hours a day of in-person social interaction and learning. 80-90% of what is being taught in school will to most kids be little more than Jeopardy-fodder in their life, and now all of a sudden, even though in-person social interaction IS obviously still important as is the discipline, with it being done less and less in everyday life, THAT aspect of school seems on the surface that much less important to a kid.

Add to that constant bombardment of "OMG bad shit just happened" news, unnecessary fluff via advertising/TV/Computer/Phone, lack of parenting, etc. and the effect that has on attention spans and psyches and you find yourself having to convince kids not just every year, not just every month, not just every day but even multiple times a day why they should give a shit and pay attention in school. After all, all that Jeopardy fluff can be looked up in Wikipedia, definitions of words in Dictionary.com, math in a calculator, spelling via spellcheck (which of course leads to shit like "your loosing the game" running rampant), etc. so how are you going to constantly convince them that WHAT they are learning is important? Even look at your own lives...obviously it's important to learn the discipline and social interactivity from school, but besides those 2 things, what that you have learned in school are you using on a regular basis besides basic spelling/vocab and basic math?

Everyone's capable of learning...even the people that have a really hard time of it are capable of it. It's ALWAYS been a problem of motivation. Sure some teachers suck at the actual teaching part, but what most teachers actually suck at is the motivation part, and when they make shit for pay and get little respect otherwise, sometimes it even comes down to THEIR motivation to teach and instill the motivation in their students to learn. Parents fail too since they figure public school is little more than free daycare and their lives are too busy to worry about if their kid is getting what they should be out of their education.

09-28-2010, 02:35 PM
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	There's kind of a problem brewing that may be really hard to overcome. The computer is becoming more and more not just a part of every day life, but as big if not bigger a part of everyday life as TV has been for many of us growing up. Social interaction in person is going down more and more, mostly by preference vs. necessity. However school for the most part hasn't changed...you go to school for 6+ hours a day of in-person social interaction and learning. 80-90% of what is being taught in school will to most kids be little more than Jeopardy-fodder in their life, and now all of a sudden, even though in-person social interaction IS obviously still important as is the discipline, with it being done less and less in everyday life, THAT aspect of school seems on the surface that much less important to a kid. Add to that constant bombardment of "OMG bad shit just happened" news, unnecessary fluff via advertising/TV/Computer/Phone, lack of parenting, etc. and the effect that has on attention spans and psyches and you find yourself having to convince kids not just every year, not just every month, not just every day but even multiple times a day why they should give a shit and pay attention in school. After all, all that Jeopardy fluff can be looked up in Wikipedia, definitions of words in Dictionary.com, math in a calculator, spelling via spellcheck (which of course leads to shit like "your loosing the game" running rampant), etc. so how are you going to constantly convince them that WHAT they are learning is important? Even look at your own lives...obviously it's important to learn the discipline and social interactivity from school, but besides those 2 things, what that you have learned in school are you using on a regular basis besides basic spelling/vocab and basic math? Everyone's capable of learning...even the people that have a really hard time of it are capable of it. It's ALWAYS been a problem of motivation. Sure some teachers suck at the actual teaching part, but what most teachers actually suck at is the motivation part, and when they make shit for pay and get little respect otherwise, sometimes it even comes down to THEIR motivation to teach and instill the motivation in their students to learn. Parents fail too since they figure public school is little more than free daycare and their lives are too busy to worry about if their kid is getting what they should be out of their education. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up. Last edited by PornMD; 09-28-2010 at 02:39 PM..