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Perhaps I didn't get my point across adequately enough then, hacking is awesome, it should be encouraged and supported. However complaining that a school does w
by sosuke 12y ago
Perhaps I didn't get my point across adequately enough then, hacking is awesome, it should be encouraged and supported. However complaining that a school does what it does best, stifling the creative and curious mind, is silly. We can discuss improving schools, but I'd rather just tell this young person that they are doing well, right, and to stay curious and keep questioning things. I'd love to be more clear, but you didn't specify, what, if anything, was against the spirit of hacking or hacker news.
- iak8god 12y ago> complaining that a school does what it does best, stifling the creative and curious mind, is silly. This is exactly the opposite of what a school is supposed to do. Spreading awareness that the system is so badly broken ("complaining") is anything but silly.
- tomjen3 12y agoI was arguing against the notion that they should go the traditionalist way and become an educator to change the system, I was arguing against the school being right about their actions, I was arguing for disrupting rules that only exist to protect the status que.