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Re:America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste by Verdex on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:36PM (#19099611)
For a long time I have had the opinion that science classes are really history classes and not conducive to actually performing science, unless the students are really paying attention AND highly motivated.

Here is a thing someone discovered at one point in time. Here is the conclusion. Now do this experiment. You didn't get the right answer? Do it again until you do. Or make up an answer that you think is right enough that you'll get credit. Sure, some people probably figure out what you're supposed to be learning, but I suspect most people just figure out that you should listen to authority and parrot what they expect you to say.

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Re:America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste by hinkley on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:08PM (#19099964)
I was in the circle of friends that contained our high school valedictorian. She gave her real commencement speech in the lunch room, to us, because she wanted to say things fairly close to what you just did, and the school wasn't having it.
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