Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been asked to intervene

Re:Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been... by shawndumas on Monday February 11, 2013 @12:42PM (#5202025)

below is an example of what is done and what to do diff. this is about science but you can extrapolate to the other subjects.

teachers like Tyler DeWitt are vastly underrepresented in the school system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVwWN0kjbms&list=FLj3EXpr...

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Re:Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been... by quasque on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @04:32PM (#5209698)

Thanks for the links. The speaker in that video makes an excellent point about science communication which I think applies to all education and not just primary/seconday school. For example, even scientific journals having "commentary" or "news and views" sections alongside the papers is incredibly important to tell the readers why the research may be important (if they don't follow it intimately already).

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Re:Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been... by shawndumas on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @03:56PM (#5209471)

also see this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/...

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