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One of the children just said:
“school is just all about turning us into #NPCs”
(for the uninitiated: non-player background characters in online games, scripted to do the same thing over and over again).
It’s so true!
Honestly, their school is obsessed with disciplining; obedience overrides everything else. None of this equips them for dealing with the challenges they, the world will face in 10 years time. So depressing. #Education
If you want children to learn, make it FUN! They will learn at a rate adults can only dream of.
(Problem: Adults with no imagination have to 'understand' how to make something FUN for children. Now there's a challenge).
@RamenCatholic@mindly.social@gsymon yes! I was recently thinking that I would be so much better at math if I had been able to play D&D in school.
@pvonhellermannn
@RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn
Ha! Indeed.
I think personally, that the ultimate teacher challenge, would be to make Latin fun. Whoa! ( ~55yrs later, I can still feel the boredom. Luckily there was life going on outside the window.)
@gsymon I am also really mad at every adult who told me "No-one will ever pay you to play video games" (as I watch a #Civ7 streamer). #GenXProblems
@RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn
When I was ~14 I had a school 'careers' interview. 15mins with the 'careers' teacher (a maths teacher). I told him I wanted to be a photographer or an architect. He told me I should either join the army, or become an accountant. He said there was no money to be made in photography. At 27yrs old, 2 years into having my own studio, I bought my first Porsche 911 and was earning ~3X old friends who had chosen finance. (smug emoji)
@RamenCatholic @gsymon @pvonhellermannn while it is an interesting career, I'd caution that it's probably not long-term sustainable, and maybe not the most rewarding thing in the world.
Also doing your hobby for work ruins the fun in it ;).
@civfanatics you sound like a grown-up 
@RamenCatholic @gsymon @pvonhellermannn sometimes I am ;).
@civfanatics @RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn
" Also doing your hobby for work ruins the fun in it "
Well, after a ~40yr career, I can honestly say, there was never a single day, not one, that I didn't look forward to or enjoy, as we, or me on my own, were working. Surrounded by creatives as friends, colleagues and clients is about as good as it can get. FUN!!
@gsymon @RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn glad you have been lucky :).