> I don't understand how, on a site called "Hacker News," so many people seem oblivious to how damaging the primary educational system is to young peoples' minds and methods of thought.
I don't understand how, on a site called "Hacker News," so many people seem happy to upvote mindless, sweeping, and ignorant statements about a specialist topic from people obviously largely ignorant on said topic.
Nearly everyone reading went to school. We know it sucked for us, why should we not believe it sucks now? I know far, far more about primary and secondary school than I do about almost any other industry, I spent thousands of hours in it
> Nearly everyone reading went to school. We know it sucked for us, why should we not believe it sucks now?
Vaccination clearly causes autism, because people who had their kids vaccinated have autistic children!
Or if you'd like a more industry-relevant example, "Boy, I spend a lot of hours playing computer games. I have some great ideas how to make a great game. I just need a programmer to do the easy bit."
>> Nearly everyone reading went to school. We know it sucked for us, why should we not believe it sucks now?
>Vaccination clearly causes autism, because people who had their kids vaccinated have autistic children!
I find it difficult to engage with your sarcasm because the stupidity of the statement you are paraphrasing from idiots hurts my brain.
If you would like a criticism of school written by an industry expert may I recommend John Taylor Gatto. He was named New York City Teacher of the Year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991.
I don't understand how, on a site called "Hacker News," so many people seem happy to upvote mindless, sweeping, and ignorant statements about a specialist topic from people obviously largely ignorant on said topic.