“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning controversial books”

Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by oh_sigh on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:58PM (#27565297)

Why would anyone ask students what their opinion on these matters are? The whole point of students is that they are still learning and studying. Should we ask a 2nd grader whether they should do their math homework or not?

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by FabHK on Saturday June 19, 2021 @08:27PM (#27565867)

But... nobody is asking them to vote on this question, ie nobody is proposing to let the students decide on this.

Rather, the study is about the opinion of those students on certain topics, and for that, you have to ask them about their opinion.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by oh_sigh on Saturday June 19, 2021 @08:57PM (#27566027)

Right...my point is why even ask?

If you asked my 6th grade classroom whether they should learn more math, they would say no because they never use math in their lives.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by FabHK on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:05PM (#27566065)

At some point, these students will become adults, and some of them university administrators, and then they make the rules.

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Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co... by anoncake on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:27AM (#27567666)

Students are adults.

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