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Well, some people believe being curious and trying things out is not what "normal people" do so it's "antisocial" and you shouldn't do it. I remember a teacher

Well, some people believe being curious and trying things out is not what "normal people" do so it's "antisocial" and you shouldn't do it. I remember a teacher yelling at me for trying some slightly advanced features in a hardware design language. I was really proud I could implement something I didn't thought possible, but her reaction was along the lines "Do you want attention? Why can't you just stay quiet and do what the rest of the class does without showing off?". Stifling creativity and curiosity, especially in children, encouraging them to be mediocre "like ordinary people" is disgusting and counter productive.

loup-vaillant 8y ago
Reminds me the first time I got to touch a word processor. We were supposed to insert a picture with the "clip art" feature. I made a mistake and inserted a "graph" instead. An empty graph, with grey hashed borders, that I didn't know how to delete or undo at the time. So I asked for help. > Aaahh, he crashed my computer! Went the teacher. Which then swiftly closed my unsaved document. 15 minutes of work, gone. As well as any remaining trust I had for her. I had done something unexpected, and she was afraid. I don't think I was quite able to articulate it at the time, but she would have made a fine witch hunter. I do recall a sense of unpredictability though, and reminded myself not to step on that tiger's tail ever again.