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> What universe are you living in that you think modern American children want to learn? They don't. That's sad. You should spend time with some different kids
by throwawayjava 8y ago
> What universe are you living in that you think modern American children want to learn? They don't.
That's sad. You should spend time with some different kids. The ones I spend time with have an insatiable appetite for learning new things. Each student is passionate about something different, of course.
> They don't look at public schools as refuge, or as empowerment.
That seems mostly orthogonal to the question of whether they want to learn and whether they realize that learning can be empowering.
- LeftTurnSignal 8y ago> What universe are you living in that you think modern American children want to learn? They don't. Woof... I know when I worked around the US (mostly midwest) at a different school a week, there were always some kids who wanted to learn. There were always some that didn't. However, they may not have wanted to learn every single thing that the school taught, but they did want to learn about stuff that could be applied to a future career.