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I suppose it's a little bit better than StarCraft, They really need to start teaching kids something other than book smarts though. How much would you value c

I suppose it's a little bit better than StarCraft, They really need to start teaching kids something other than book smarts though. How much would you value creativity vs book smarts vs diligence when hiring people?

jrockway 19y ago
Not everyone is artistic. There is a market for people to come in to work, do something moderately intelligent for 8 hours, and then go home. I think this sort of school system prepares people for this sort of job pretty well. (I went to school in Japan for a year. I would much rather send my kids to school there than a random school in the US.) Besides, creativity can't be taught. So you might as well focus on teaching things that can be taught :) Eventually the creative people will realize that they should do something creative. That said, a 15 hour school day is definitely excessive. You can pretend to learn for 15 hours a day, but you can't actually do it. I think 8 hours a day is the maximum amount of time you can focus on something that is not "interesting", hence the 8 hour workday that most people keep.
- dangoldin 19y ago
  I wonder what would happen if instead of a steady 8 hour workday or school day it was broken down into four 2 hour periods. I tend to work better that way personally.
  - jrockway 19y ago
    Well, 4 hours, lunch, 4 more hours :) But if you mean more separation than that... it might be interesting, but most people don't want to commute 4 times a day. Personally, I usually work for 6 hours, then I watch TV, relax, take a nap, etc. and then do some more work before really going to sleep. Very relaxing and productive. (Working at home is nice.)
    - dangoldin 19y ago
      Yea. Well at one point most of the non-facetime work should be done from home. I'm trying to ease myself into that now.
- mlinsey 19y ago
  I'm not sure if creativity can be taught, but it can certainly be practiced.

jrockway 19y ago

Not everyone is artistic. There is a market for people to come in to work, do something moderately intelligent for 8 hours, and then go home. I think this sort of school system prepares people for this sort of job pretty well. (I went to school in Japan for a year. I would much rather send my kids to school there than a random school in the US.) Besides, creativity can't be taught. So you might as well focus on teaching things that can be taught :) Eventually the creative people will realize that they should do something creative. That said, a 15 hour school day is definitely excessive. You can pretend to learn for 15 hours a day, but you can't actually do it. I think 8 hours a day is the maximum amount of time you can focus on something that is not "interesting", hence the 8 hour workday that most people keep.

dangoldin 19y ago
I wonder what would happen if instead of a steady 8 hour workday or school day it was broken down into four 2 hour periods. I tend to work better that way personally.
- jrockway 19y ago
  Well, 4 hours, lunch, 4 more hours :) But if you mean more separation than that... it might be interesting, but most people don't want to commute 4 times a day. Personally, I usually work for 6 hours, then I watch TV, relax, take a nap, etc. and then do some more work before really going to sleep. Very relaxing and productive. (Working at home is nice.)
  - dangoldin 19y ago
    Yea. Well at one point most of the non-facetime work should be done from home. I'm trying to ease myself into that now.
mlinsey 19y ago
I'm not sure if creativity can be taught, but it can certainly be practiced.