Bright side, the ones who develop a love of learning as kids and carry that through to adulthood are an awesome and rare treat on a first date. We wouldn't appreciate them near as much if everyone were like that, so hooray for idiots for making the smart ones look even better?
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Love learning. Have since before I can remember, according to my mom. Hated school.
And then they're eventually booted out of the educational system for just marginally avoiding having to repeat it all over again, only to go into a job where they don't care to actually learn how to do the job and then ragequit in two days because "this shits hard, why can't they just give me money for showing up?"
Eh, I dont know.. maybe because I was in school on the fringe of the internet popularity and I went to a school with a lot of smart kids but we were always bored...
Op: How do I_________?
"Eh, I love learning, I just hate wasting my time on subjects I can neither easily exploit nor master."
Lack of excitement for what is new however is a new phenomenon. Kids not liking school is normal and will not change for as long as school requires reading. But them not being excited about something new? That's new. Kids used to love exploring, used to love finding new things. Now they don't really.
As the son of a grade school teacher I heard first hand during my entire formative years how terrible our school systems have become. Mostly due to standardized testing and "teaching to the test". But also from the shameful lack of funding for both schools and salaries for teachers.
Kids need a reason to learn and telling them about jobs isnt really an incentive since most kids dont realize how adult life is.
Education = making it pay to win.
For a moment I thought this was one of the most amazing things I've heard of in awhile but now it just stands as epitome of everything wrong with the industry at the moment.
See, I went through highs school and graduated during the advent of web 1.0, but I had a computer at home. The thing was, that I'd take all these notes in class, but actually wanted to know more, so I would research stuff at home, because we actually had a decent computer with pretty reliable internet for the time. …
Right? Forgive my rant here, but I guess this is what happens when all of your learning comes from multiple choice questions and crunching vs critical thinking and retention. Maybe it really is the scourge of standardized testing or something along those lines. Don't get me wrong, kids today are certainly more…
A different magazine labeled it the nerdiest city in the US last year! Not gonna lie, it's definitely the most nerd-positive city I've lived in.
I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...
OH MY GOD! WHAT A FREAKING WASTE! I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE JUST BLOW STUFF UP FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS!
From gangsta to hipsta
Okay, spent several hours playing this game, and it's awesome. I'm not sure why there's so much this game is getting. Is it fantastic? No. There's a lot of mission variety unlike AC1. Graphically, I think it looks great, as to most it isn't (least from reading comments on various sites) But then again I'm not a…
Ummm how is green not "here to stay"?