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Re:Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters? by concordDance on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @07:33AM (#28443438)
I think this reveals a lot of ignorance on the huge amounts of different teaching methodologies and techniques that have risen and fallen over the last 100 years.
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Re:Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters? by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @07:54AM (#28443580)
I have spent 15 years in the educatuonal system and I feel I am qualified to state that the methods are very obsolete.

A week of playing Kerbal Space programm gave me better understanding of orbits than years studying calculus, physics, general and special relativity.

It has poor applicability in everyday life - we learn all the biology of a cell but kid's don't know the difference between aspirin and ibuprophene.

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Re:Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters? by summm on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @04:36PM (#28449618)
Afaik Kerbal's simulation is non-relativistic, so you shouldn't have learnt anything about relativity from Kerbal...
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