I have never laughed so hard. Thanks to all the people who posted replies to the tune of "i play video games and i can reed faster than anyone in my skool." Reading these posts only gives extra ammo to the people who think video games/rock and roll/dancing/whatever rots the minds of our youth and is leading to the fall of Western Civilization. I've never seen so many posts with SO many errors by people who are supposedly talking about how smart they are.
I don't normally deal in absolutes, but here's the deal: YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT! If you take parents who don't give a damn and never interact with their kids, then you can send that kid to the best private school in the world and make them study 24/7; The kid will STILL be an idiot. PARENTS WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT LEARNING HAVE KIDS WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT LEARNING. Now take a kid with parents who talk to them and show a geniune interest in their lives and their education, and THAT kid will learn well at almost any school. There are other factors to be sure, but the biggest influence BY FAR is the child's home environment. Of course, the kid needs to study and spend some reasonable time developing cognitive skills (reading books is one of the best ways, doing math is another - doesn't matter whether you'll use it in "real life" or not, it's like push-ups for your brain), but quit blaming video games, the Republican party, or other obvious targets.
DJ Timmy: I agree with you on how funny it is that people here dismiss everything with a wave because "I know somebody who...". And I agree with you that parents will have a strong influence.
But you sound equally dumb when you say "absolutely" that if the parent does not get involved with the child's education the child will turn out to be an idiot. The limit of my parental involvement was the quarterly signing of the report card. No comments, positive or negative.
And I didn't turn out to be an idiot. At least not moreso than anyone else.
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I have never laughed so hard. Thanks to all the people who posted replies to the tune of "i play video games and i can reed faster than anyone in my skool." Reading these posts only gives extra ammo to the people who think video games/rock and roll/dancing/whatever rots the minds of our youth and is leading to the fall of Western Civilization. I've never seen so many posts with SO many errors by people who are supposedly talking about how smart they are.
I don't normally deal in absolutes, but here's the deal: YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT! If you take parents who don't give a damn and never interact with their kids, then you can send that kid to the best private school in the world and make them study 24/7; The kid will STILL be an idiot. PARENTS WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT LEARNING HAVE KIDS WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT LEARNING. Now take a kid with parents who talk to them and show a geniune interest in their lives and their education, and THAT kid will learn well at almost any school. There are other factors to be sure, but the biggest influence BY FAR is the child's home environment. Of course, the kid needs to study and spend some reasonable time developing cognitive skills (reading books is one of the best ways, doing math is another - doesn't matter whether you'll use it in "real life" or not, it's like push-ups for your brain), but quit blaming video games, the Republican party, or other obvious targets.
DJ Timmy: I agree with you on how funny it is that people here dismiss everything with a wave because "I know somebody who...". And I agree with you that parents will have a strong influence.
But you sound equally dumb when you say "absolutely" that if the parent does not get involved with the child's education the child will turn out to be an idiot. The limit of my parental involvement was the quarterly signing of the report card. No comments, positive or negative.
And I didn't turn out to be an idiot. At least not moreso than anyone else.