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What's the point of memorizing states and capitals?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:24 pm
Kids spending time On this when It can be looked up in a phone in 1 minute.
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:26 pm to Tiger Ryno
Whats the point of going to school if we can just google everything right?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
States and capitals should be common knowledge. It isn't hard.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
To separate the wheat from the chaff
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:28 pm to Tiger Ryno
So that you don't look like an idiot having to google it when it comes up later in life.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:28 pm to Tiger Ryno
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when It can be looked up in a phone in 1 minute.
So could everything else. Why target geography?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:29 pm to Tiger Ryno
Because the more Juneau, the better off you'll be
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:30 pm to Tiger Ryno
Why not just google the plot summary of game of thrones instead of watching the series?
It's because its important that we learn things first hand.
Especially about dragons.
It's because its important that we learn things first hand.
Especially about dragons.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:31 pm to Tiger Ryno
Quit your bitching. I had to learn all that stuff and fricking Pluto. Kids have it easy these days.
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:34 pm to Tiger Ryno
Because it's testable. It's a proxy (not a perfect one) for intelligence.
If they taught critical and creative thinking, it would be better for the kids, but that simultaneously takes a lot more than our teachers are capable/willing to give and is much, much harder to test/evaluate.
It is what it is.
If they taught critical and creative thinking, it would be better for the kids, but that simultaneously takes a lot more than our teachers are capable/willing to give and is much, much harder to test/evaluate.
It is what it is.
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:36 pm to GetCocky11
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States and capitals should be common knowledge. It isn't hard.
Sure, but what value is it?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:37 pm to mattgr1983
Traveling
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:43 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Kids spending time On this when It can be looked up in a phone in 1 minute.
They can also look it up in their textbooks in about a minute. It isn't about the technology. It is about the way our brains learn and retain facts. Repetition and memorization is the foundation of learning. I'm sure there are things at your job that you have memorized. The first few times you did them you probably had to refer to a manual or set of instructions, but with time it becomes second nature. This is just the way of teaching younger children about things. It advances to other areas of study later on.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:43 pm to Tiger Ryno
so when you're bored at work you can dominate some sporcle games
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:48 pm to mattgr1983
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Sure, but what value is it?
<--- Former Geography Bee nerd that's now in a sales role. I stopped counting the number of times I've warmed up an introduction with general knowledge about the area the client is in, or a place they traveled to recently.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:51 pm to mattgr1983
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Sure, but what value is it?
If you don't, the commies win.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:53 pm to Tiger Ryno
quote:I'm with you. Who needs math, we all have calculators on our phones as well.
What's the point of memorizing states and capitals?Kids spending time On this when It can be looked up in a phone in 1 minute.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:54 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Kids spending time On this when It can be looked up in a phone in 1 minute.
why learn any basic math? just use the calculator on your phone.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:55 pm to upgrayedd
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Because the more Juneau, the better off you'll be
Yup, when you google everything instead of learning it, you're just expediting this country going to Helena hand basket.
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