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I thought geeks an nerds enjoyed homework for the fact it is mental exercise if nothing else. Bazinga generation nerds and geeks get out of my cyber-lawn!

by KON_Air 10y ago

AndrewDucker 10y ago
Nope. If I was doing mental exercise then there was always more interesting things to do it with than the homework my teachers set.
Morgawr 10y ago
>I thought geeks an nerds enjoyed homework for the fact it is mental exercise if nothing else. Not really. Obviously there are different types of "geeks" and "nerds", but generally those type of people enjoy tinkering and playing around the stuff they care about. They certainly don't like being forced to perform menial and repetitive tasks (as often homework is) because somebody else told them to.
- CaptSpify 10y ago
  Exactly. I really enjoy math, and how it interacts with other subject. But I didn't figure that out until I was ~20. Until then I hated math, because it was so droll, repetitive, and masturbatory. Once I started programming, and learning other sciences, I saw how math interacted with them, and it made me realize I actually like math. I love to learn, which is why I hate school.
- cholantesh 10y ago
  What about people who are motivated by the prospect of academic achievement?
bpchaps 10y ago
When I was failing classes for not doing homework, I was enjoying the company of other nerds from all over the world on IRC and learning to code by writing (awful) mIRC scripts instead. Pretty sure there's room for some middle ground in there. ;)
- KON_Air 10y ago
  Mind you (and AndrewDucker) being occupied with something else which is more interesting to one is not the same thing as thinking it is torture.
  - bpchaps 10y ago
    I don't think you understood my point. I'm saying that it's possible to be far more intellectually stimulated in ways that will help you in life and your career that doesn't require homework. There's a middle ground, and rote homework is far, far from that point.

I thought geeks an nerds enjoyed homework for the fact it is mental exercise if nothing else. Bazinga generation nerds and geeks get out of my cyber-lawn!

by KON_Air 10y ago

I thought geeks an nerds enjoyed homework for the fact it is mental exercise if nothing else. Bazinga generation nerds and geeks get out of my cyber-lawn!

AndrewDucker 10y ago

Nope. If I was doing mental exercise then there was always more interesting things to do it with than the homework my teachers set.

Morgawr 10y ago

>I thought geeks an nerds enjoyed homework for the fact it is mental exercise if nothing else. Not really. Obviously there are different types of "geeks" and "nerds", but generally those type of people enjoy tinkering and playing around the stuff they care about. They certainly don't like being forced to perform menial and repetitive tasks (as often homework is) because somebody else told them to.

CaptSpify 10y ago
Exactly. I really enjoy math, and how it interacts with other subject. But I didn't figure that out until I was ~20. Until then I hated math, because it was so droll, repetitive, and masturbatory. Once I started programming, and learning other sciences, I saw how math interacted with them, and it made me realize I actually like math. I love to learn, which is why I hate school.
cholantesh 10y ago
What about people who are motivated by the prospect of academic achievement?

bpchaps 10y ago

When I was failing classes for not doing homework, I was enjoying the company of other nerds from all over the world on IRC and learning to code by writing (awful) mIRC scripts instead. Pretty sure there's room for some middle ground in there. ;)

KON_Air 10y ago
Mind you (and AndrewDucker) being occupied with something else which is more interesting to one is not the same thing as thinking it is torture.
- bpchaps 10y ago
  I don't think you understood my point. I'm saying that it's possible to be far more intellectually stimulated in ways that will help you in life and your career that doesn't require homework. There's a middle ground, and rote homework is far, far from that point.