http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/05/03/64/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/05/03/64/comment-page-1/#comment-85 phoenix Sun, 07 May 2006 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/?p=64#comment-85 It does make me wonder. I don't know very much about education, I must admit, but it does make one wonder. It does make me wonder. I don’t know very much about education, I must admit, but it does make one wonder.

]]> http://www.millenniumwinter.com/2006/05/03/64/comment-page-1/#comment-83 pastilla Sat, 06 May 2006 02:24:18 +0000 http://www.millenniumwinter.com/?p=64#comment-83 It's fascinating, isn't it, with all these new "educational" toys that North American kids are more "autistic" and "ignorant" than ever? And 63% of the US population not being able to point to Saudi Arabia is just ridiculous. I can almost guarantee that 63% of the same population of Japanese WOULD. Yet, the American and British "experts" continually point to rote learning in education, standardized curriculums and streaming as harmful and bad, psychologically damaging, etc. . . . It’s fascinating, isn’t it, with all these new “educational” toys that North American kids are more “autistic” and “ignorant” than ever? And 63% of the US population not being able to point to Saudi Arabia is just ridiculous. I can almost guarantee that 63% of the same population of Japanese WOULD. Yet, the American and British “experts” continually point to rote learning in education, standardized curriculums and streaming as harmful and bad, psychologically damaging, etc. . . .

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