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I think this is the tragic reality of everyone wanting to get their hands in education. Government oversight, district oversight, parent oversight. There’s a fe
by sircastor 4y ago
I think this is the tragic reality of everyone wanting to get their hands in education. Government oversight, district oversight, parent oversight. There’s a fear kids won’t learn enough of the right things, and won’t be competitive. Or will be exposed to “dangerous” information. Or some will get access to better teaching than others. Also chemicals are expensive, budgets are thin, and class sizes are large.
I feel your pain though. I didn’t get to see any of this cool stuff until I was in college.
- jnsie 4y ago> Also chemicals are expensive, budgets are thin, and class sizes are large. This was my experience (growing up outside of the US). I'm not sure I'd call our schools lab a "lab". Oversized closet for 30 year old bunsen burners would be a better descriptor.
- sircastor 4y agoIn my middle-school and highschool science courses, we sat at tables that had gas feeds to them. I don't recall what they were marked - probably oxygen and nitrogen or hydrogen or something. There had barbed ends, so as to connect to a flexible hose. I never used them. Not once. I never saw them used. They were a feature of hopeful design, or vestigial hands-on activities.
- causality0 4y agoIt's much easier to create stability and equity by making sure nobody gets an exceptionally good education than to make sure nobody gets an exceptionally bad one.