From Rachel of Pereiraville:

Please go visit my ten-year-old brotherÂ’s month-old blog and my almost eleven-year-old step-daughterÂ’s often abandoned blog. Please. DonÂ’t just click over there, leave them a comment or two. And maybe consider checking in on them once in a while. DonÂ’t tell them, but blogging is a great way to get them to practice their writing skills. And how great is it for them to have random strangers offering them feedback and encouragement?

Now I support children improving their writing skills, so I'm going to encourage you to go to Rachel's post and click the kids' links from there.

I'm not including the links here, because I don't want them following their refers back here.

Bad Example is NOT an appropriate place for pre-teens.

Nevertheless, I *do* want to look at Cal's Sept. 5th post, "Blah Blah Stuff", where we find the question, "Why in school they teach us all this boring stuff that you downright don't need[?]"

Well, here's the short answer:

Truth is, after you graduate, you will forget 90% of the stuff you learn in school, and it will not hurt you at all.

However, 10% of the stuff you learn will be vital to your ability to live and thrive as a successful, independent adult.

The trouble is, until you actually graduate and choose a career, it's IMPOSSIBLE to know which 10% is the stuff you'll need and which is just useless garbage.

Therefore, unless you learn it ALL, you run the risk of losing out BIG TIME in the future.

To use a video game analogy: the first time you play a game, you don't know what items or power ups you'll need to defeat the final level, so you grab everything you can when you have the chance, lest you end up without what you need at a critical moment.

Education is exactly the same.

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1 thanks Harv! (btw - you could have left him the video game analogy and not included your URL)

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at September 09, 2007 01:10 PM (0Pi1o)

2 Excellent analogy. Will have to post it on the fridge for when the Princess starts asking.

Posted by: Tink at September 09, 2007 03:43 PM (ZW8U5)

3 "Why in school they teach us all this boring stuff that you downright don't need[?]" For so you can get off your computer butt and gets a job and move outta your momma's house. Mebbe learns good English.

Posted by: Roses at September 09, 2007 04:06 PM (6KPV+)

4 I'd add to that that of the 10% of the stuff you need, you'll learn all that by yourself anyway, so indeed government education is totally worthless. But I won't tell the kids that because they're forced to go there...

Posted by: Ogre at September 11, 2007 07:34 AM (oifEm)

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