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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by chris_wot on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @12:38AM (#5329570)
Kids are cute when they get excited about learning something. My own kids are awesome. I hope they never lose that excitement :-)
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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by vsync on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @04:27AM (#5330275)
Sad to say, school will force it out of 'em.

Sad to say, school is necessary to function in society.

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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by learc83 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @08:41AM (#5331067)
>school is necessary to function in society.

No it's not. An education is necessary to function in society, it's not necessary that it comes from school, or the type of school that forces the joy of learning out of children.

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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by damoncali on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @09:16AM (#5331202)
I don't think you fully grasped the point. Look a level deeper.
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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by sp332 on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @10:21AM (#5331545)
Schools are necessary for society to function?
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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by nmbr on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @11:31AM (#5331978)
I believe he's saying that crushing the dreams of children is required for a functional society.
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Re:Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old by chris_wot on Monday March 18, 2013 @08:04AM (#5393607)
That would merely make him wrong.
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