tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post4581698300555856969..comments2023-12-16T07:28:27.968-05:00Comments on Notes from the Technology Underground: Why Science Education is BoringWilliam Gurstellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12504155694151207039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-66088611022707612252009-04-24T01:30:00.000-04:002009-04-24T01:30:00.000-04:00When I was 12, I would get on my bike at first lig...When I was 12, I would get on my bike at first light on Saturday morning. I wouldn't come home till it was either dark or I was hungry (usually both). Once I built a tree house with an open fire... Ok, it burnt down - but you know what? Almost 30 years later I still have two eyes and 10 fingers!<br /><br />Kids are no different today - it's the parents who have changed. What was so scary about our childhood that we can't let our kids have one, too?<br /><br />Andy sounds like a brilliant kid :) I hope that despite his humanities degrees, he'll be a tinkerer at heart.Sascha Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391447988542498447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-30160072868434844102008-03-13T16:36:00.000-04:002008-03-13T16:36:00.000-04:00My year-and-a-half old son will be growing up livi...My year-and-a-half old son will be growing up living a 'dangerous' life. He's already been for a motorcycle ride. He will learn to play with chemicals, electricity, and scary things like math.<BR/><BR/>We are raising a nation of idiots, in the interest of safety, instead of risk-management.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry your son's teachers were so afraid of danger. I hope you whispered to him "that's why they are teaching, not doing"<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Ccstatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217901395454107751noreply@blogger.com