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[–] Panamalt 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Schools will happily drill the 3 newtonian laws of motion in one ear and out the other in literally every science class. But when it comes to actually teaching understanding, nothing but crickets.

[–] wombledomble 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

There are three states of matter

THERE ARE THREE STATES OF MATTER

BTW there are 4 states of matter.

Actually there's like 20 states of matter.

Public science education strikes again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] wombledomble 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Easy change, "let's learn three states of matter" vs "there are three states of matter"

Shit like this is why people still think Pluto's a planet. God forbid a kid get curious about whether there's more than 3 states. Might as well throw the whole kid away at that point.

[–] Velypso 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Overwhelming children is not a good idea.

I wouldnt teach sin to a group of children I'm trying to teach basic addition to. Heck, it's not even a good idea to tell them about negative numbers at that point.

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