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Proposal Suggests UK Students Study Wikipedia and Twitter

Posted by timothy on from the not-necessarily-so-crazy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Who needs crusty old rubbish like the Victorian era or World War II? Instead, an Ofsted report leaked to The Guardian details of proposals to teach UK primary school children how to use Wikipedia, Twitter, podcasts and blogs. Presumably they're already au fait with b3ta and 4chan. And you already can't get the kids off Bebo without a crowbar."

13 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Grammer Nitpick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess your honors English didn't cover spelling. Check your title.

  2. Re:Twitter is pretty retarded by RMH101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great. Another one. And the content is "I just took a dump". What's your point?

  3. Re:Grammer Nitpick by jack2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought slash editors used to correct grammar and spelling mistakes?

    You must be new here....

  4. Re:Idiocray in its uttermost level by ciderVisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Idiocray" ? Is that a really dumb 1970s supercomputer ?

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  5. Re:Not entirely misplaced by ciderVisor · · Score: 4, Funny

    the 11 year old girl who wants to meet them in a quiet street at 9pm alone probably shouldn't be trusted.

    Shit, now you tell me ! :(

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  6. What kids need is hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Teach them to read and write then you can teach then Genesis and Gospels. That's all they need to know. The real life isn't on earth.

  7. Re:Not entirely misplaced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I know a Nigerian prince, he barely has enough money to pay me back for his shopping each month :P.

  8. Re:Next week by Skylinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    ohh you are so special!

    I always find what I want with Google, here is how I do it.

    1) I open the Internet and it always goes to Google for me, I think my son did that.
    2) I type ebay.com into the box on my screen and click "Google Search"
    3) tada .... Google found it, I click on the first link and I am there

    See, you are not the only who knows how to use Google

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  9. Re:Learn how to learn by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll get round to the Second World War later on when they're at an age to study it with better understanding. It's not being skipped. Just delayed.

    Thank god for that. I was beginning to worry that future generations of "England" football fans would not know what to chant in the England vs Germany matches.

  10. Re:Stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why the fuck was this posted as AC? Is Crapdot having authentication issues?

    Look at it this way, at least your post didn't default to -1.

  11. Re:Twitter is pretty retarded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Obligatory Penny-Arcade:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/

  12. Re:critical thinking skills by ciderVisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most teachers don't have this facility, and so are incapable of teaching it.

    [Citation needed]

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  13. Re:Next week by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 2, Funny

    if os == unix:
      man(problem)
    else
      google(problem)
    else
      irc/forum/mailinglist/project wiki/paid support #p.s how did you get here
    fi

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