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This is also a good example of why we teach things that might seem "useless". You just don't know what someone will find useful in their life. The teachers prob
by globular-toast 2y ago
This is also a good example of why we teach things that might seem "useless". You just don't know what someone will find useful in their life. The teachers probably didn't even think of video games having physics and needing to understand it for that. In my uni class I think I was the only one to use forces and masses (and therefore acceleration) instead of just speed. I initially used speed but then my school learnings came flooding back and I did a full physics model (it's really easy if all your objects are rigid bodies on perfect planes). I'm actually pretty sure I've used everything I've ever learnt in school at one time or another. But the the meme amongst normies is you don't use any of it...
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI'd rather start the other way around: teach things steeped in the context that they are useful in. Everything is useful, so teach them usefully. Not all of us are great at storing away knowledge and accessing it much later when we find it actually useful.
- globular-toast 2y agoBut then you won't be able to teach as much. I think this whole thread boils down to pedagogy is difficult.