xbred
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Kids are brighter today than other generations. Also they have a broader education. And plenty of common sense.
How do you figure? Only thing I agree with out of that is the broader education, and I often see where that doesn't lead to brightness and defiantly not common sense.xbred":1grx9p32 said:Kids are brighter today than other generations. Also they have a broader education. And plenty of common sense.
xbred":17047nsa said:Kids are brighter today than other generations. Also they have a broader education. And plenty of common sense.
I agree, and I'm one of them. But at 22 I realize most people from 18 to 35 are a bunch of morons.Bez__":2nco5rrn said:xbred":2nco5rrn said:Kids are brighter today than other generations. Also they have a broader education. And plenty of common sense.
If you think that you must be one of them
Just sayin.....
Bez__":1abea91d said:xbred":1abea91d said:Kids are brighter today than other generations. Also they have a broader education. And plenty of common sense.
If you think that you must be one of them
Just sayin.....
Alan it's said...they now have classes in "calculator"....you can be a state champion in calculator...but can't operate a Big Chief tablet and #2 pencil. Not necessarily stupid. Just a lot of brain cells that have never been exercised.Alan":26qh9fwy said:I did not read the 4 pages, I just skimmed them so I hope I'm on base. I agree 100% we are dumbing down our kids, just try to get one to do a simple division problem with nothing but pencil and paper, say 156 divided by 12....., old school can do it in their head. Try the multiplication table in their head, my favorite job interview question is what is 4x13? They have no calculator, it must be down in their head. I simply ask them to give me the answer to "what is 4x13" and say nothing and only look at them until I get an answer. All it has shown me is our schools are wasting our children's brain ...... If they get the right answer the go to the front of the line, if they snap the right answer quickly we are now in a serious interview, meaning you already made a pay raise.... How good are you?
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You nailed what I was thinking. Kids are no dumber than they've ever been. Smarts are at least fairly heritable so we should be able to assume that kids would have intelligence relative to their parents. The problem is that they're being prepared for a world that is completely foreign to most of us on CT.highgrit":danirkct said:My kids are way smarter than me, and yes I know that's not saying much. But 2 of them can speak 2 languages fluent, and my daughter can get by with a third. I have problems with English. Their just being taught a different way and different things. Sure don't want to be stuck in the woods and depend on them for my survival.
cow pollinater":1prekh40 said:You nailed what I was thinking. Kids are no dumber than they've ever been. Smarts are at least fairly heritable so we should be able to assume that kids would have intelligence relative to their parents. The problem is that they're being prepared for a world that is completely foreign to most of us on CT.highgrit":1prekh40 said:My kids are way smarter than me, and yes I know that's not saying much. But 2 of them can speak 2 languages fluent, and my daughter can get by with a third. I have problems with English. Their just being taught a different way and different things. Sure don't want to be stuck in the woods and depend on them for my survival.