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Because early school-age children haven't honed their bullshit detectors yet. Seriously though, I'm currently fighting that with my two kids. They're now old e
by ajford 4y ago
Because early school-age children haven't honed their bullshit detectors yet. Seriously though, I'm currently fighting that with my two kids.
They're now old enough that they're becoming netizens of their own and searching for things and learning on their own, but after having to correct a few misconceptions, I've had to sit down with them and explain how they can't trust everything they find in a search and how to perform their own research and validate.
However, getting them to really grasp that while young isn't super easy.
- scifibestfi 4y agoThe same applies to school and teachers. Everyone is taught some bullshit in school. I just think the difference is quantity of bullshit (the internet has more).
- ajford 4y agoTrue, but one hopes (perhaps foolishly) that there's enough oversight between various parents talking to their kids about what they're learning, other teachers, and standardized testing. It worked for most of us, but politics is creeping into everything and budgets are getting cut all over the place.