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Holy moly, I am so triggered. I have never seen so many kids harmed by bad pedagogy as “just do what comes naturally”. My daughter’s PE teacher gaslit her into
by Affric 2y ago
Holy moly, I am so triggered.
I have never seen so many kids harmed by bad pedagogy as “just do what comes naturally”. My daughter’s PE teacher gaslit her into thinking she was left handed with this advice and just created the belief that she was inept.
99% of what we do doesn’t come naturally, that’s why we are the most adaptable and successful megafauna in the history of the planet.
Learning is the essence of humanity.
Edit: you will be happy to know I fixed my daughters throwing technique with evidence based double blind tests to show her I knew what I was talking about and then taught her how to throw.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoThis is advice often given to me to try to entice me to dance, which I hate doing, and nobody believes me that "what comes naturally" is getting off the dance floor and not dancing!
- Affric 2y agoHaha, yes. My confidence dancing was terrible for years because of similar advice. Turns out all the girls and boys who were good had been practicing! Who would have thought.