How significant were your elementary ed teachers to you? How significant were your grades or quality of learning to what you do now?
I don't think that people's education is significant until about 9th grade or beyond, where they can do more abstract thinking, and those that are bright and motivated tend to do well.
Do you seriously believe that you now would have the same intellectual capacity/capability had you not had any elementary schooling whatsoever? I'm not just referring to 'school' in the traditional sense, in case you're thinking of home-schooling as an alternative. I mean if you were not taught by anyone to do anything until 13-15, you would be a much different individual.
To make this a little more applicable to the real world, let's say that you were taught some basic math, and how to read and write. To distinguish this from regular instruction (where there is the chance of interaction), let's say that you were taught by a robot/computer that only taught, and never answered questions. By your logic, this would be enough to make up for the entire experience of elementary school. But this cold mechanical non-interactive instruction is a far cry form being in a classroom and being able to interact with students and teachers.
I can't say this with much authority, but if you compare an average child who went to elementary school with an average child who didn't go to elementary school (let's say they are from families within the same income bracket, live in similar neighborhoods, etc) I'm pretty sure you'd find that the one who did go to elementary school will be more socially adept, as well as (probably) being a bit more intelligent.
Before you dig up your flamethrower, I'll say this: I'm sure there are those prodigious few who skip the elementary-middle-high school experience altogether and head to University to become Nobel-prize-winning geniouses at age 12. But Most people are not that.
I agree that elementary school probably didn't have a great palpable impact on the way I turned out intellectually. Most of that was high school and college, like you said. But that doesn't mean they didn't have a tremendous impact on my social development, which is a kind of education that is just as important as math and reading/writing.
(Just my [opinionated] 2.4 Yen)
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Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten.
Excellent work. Not sure how you were able to circumnavigate the/. takedown.
One problem, however: It's just the front page. The meat of the information is still hiding on his server.
Wouldn't this result in the inability to recycle the material? If I remember correctly, even most color-printed magazines (the ones that have a glossy coat feel to the paper) are difficult to recycle.
I believe the reason newsprint is of relatively low quality is so that it can be recycled easier. "Plastic paper" (oxymoron?) would be near impossible to recycle, if it is intended to be permanent and not degrade over time.
On the other hand, so-called paper plastic might be used as an archival-quality print media...
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How significant were your elementary ed teachers to you? How significant were your grades or quality of learning to what you do now?
I don't think that people's education is significant until about 9th grade or beyond, where they can do more abstract thinking, and those that are bright and motivated tend to do well.
Do you seriously believe that you now would have the same intellectual capacity/capability had you not had any elementary schooling whatsoever? I'm not just referring to 'school' in the traditional sense, in case you're thinking of home-schooling as an alternative. I mean if you were not taught by anyone to do anything until 13-15, you would be a much different individual.
To make this a little more applicable to the real world, let's say that you were taught some basic math, and how to read and write. To distinguish this from regular instruction (where there is the chance of interaction), let's say that you were taught by a robot/computer that only taught, and never answered questions. By your logic, this would be enough to make up for the entire experience of elementary school. But this cold mechanical non-interactive instruction is a far cry form being in a classroom and being able to interact with students and teachers.
I can't say this with much authority, but if you compare an average child who went to elementary school with an average child who didn't go to elementary school (let's say they are from families within the same income bracket, live in similar neighborhoods, etc) I'm pretty sure you'd find that the one who did go to elementary school will be more socially adept, as well as (probably) being a bit more intelligent.
Before you dig up your flamethrower, I'll say this: I'm sure there are those prodigious few who skip the elementary-middle-high school experience altogether and head to University to become Nobel-prize-winning geniouses at age 12. But Most people are not that.
I agree that elementary school probably didn't have a great palpable impact on the way I turned out intellectually. Most of that was high school and college, like you said. But that doesn't mean they didn't have a tremendous impact on my social development, which is a kind of education that is just as important as math and reading/writing.
(Just my [opinionated] 2.4 Yen)
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Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten.
Excellent work. Not sure how you were able to circumnavigate the /. takedown.
One problem, however: It's just the front page. The meat of the information is still hiding on his server.
Wouldn't this result in the inability to recycle the material? If I remember correctly, even most color-printed magazines (the ones that have a glossy coat feel to the paper) are difficult to recycle.
I believe the reason newsprint is of relatively low quality is so that it can be recycled easier. "Plastic paper" (oxymoron?) would be near impossible to recycle, if it is intended to be permanent and not degrade over time.
On the other hand, so-called paper plastic might be used as an archival-quality print media... q