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Julie.chan
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If you feel that way, there's nothing stopping you from forking Freeciv into an educational game.
You sure talk about education a lot. Are you a teacher/professor, or are you just studying to be one?
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Julie.chan
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Oh? How old are you, out of curiosity?
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Julie.chan
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So... at least 22 then. Fair enough.
What gave you this epiphany, and what exactly are you trying to accomplish by posting about this stuff to strangers who, like you, have no involvement or expertise in the field of education?
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Death 999
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We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
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Onpon, I forget, were you around for his Rainbow Planet Dxun days?
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Julie.chan
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That doesn't sound familiar, so I guess not.
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Zanthius
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So... at least 22 then. Fair enough.
What gave you this epiphany, and what exactly are you trying to accomplish by posting about this stuff to strangers who, like you, have no involvement or expertise in the field of education?
I feel like we have neglected the education of the very young. If kids in China can learn the Chinese alphabet, why can't they also learn equally many chemical structures? I believe the human brain is best suited for learning "ground structures", such as phonemes, words, Chinese characters, atoms, quarks, or chemical structures, when we are very young. When the kids get a bit older, the brain is probably better suited for making relationships between "ground structures" in the brain. And as we get older and older, these relationships become more and more complex....
Most of the people working in kindergarten or in primary, secondary or high school, have much less education than me. They also often think "within" the box, which is not very useful if you are trying to reshape the box (or reform a system). In general, I write here because I feel like I often get intelligent out-of-the-box feedback, probably because people that are attracted to star control 2 often are prone to intelligent out-of-the-box thinking. Star control 2 is also my favorite game of all time.
But I also talk to other people. Last summer for example, I asked a guy that was taking a master degree in pedagogy why they weren't teaching languages to kids much earlier. He (being bilingual himself) thought it was a great idea, and said he might write his master thesis about it.
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Julie.chan
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If kids in China can learn the Chinese alphabet, why can't they also learn equally many chemical structures?
Who says those in China specializing in chemistry don't learn these chemical structures? Also, who says that every Chinese person learns the entire Chinese alphabet? 
Most of the people working in kindergarten or in primary, secondary or high school, have much less education than me.
Beware the Dunning-Krueger effect.
They also often think "within" the box, which is not very useful if you are trying to reshape the box (or reform a system). In general, I write here because I feel like I often get intelligent out-of-the-box feedback, probably because people that are attracted to star control 2 often are prone to intelligent out-of-the-box thinking. Star control 2 is also my favorite game of all time.
Maybe you should train to be a teacher, since the subject apparently interests you. It's really easy to talk about what you think others should do, and it doesn't convince anyone else to change. Do it yourself, however, and your then-peers will notice your success and emulate it (assuming it is a success, that is).
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issue is, with teaching a success can only be confirmed after two decades, or so. That's far too slow for political decision makers nowadays... You need to put in much effort upfront, and due to this latency times, you might never see the rewards...
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Death 999
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That makes it hard to even tell if you're doing a good job at all, which slows down optimization even for people with a lot of patience.
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Zanthius
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Maybe you should train to be a teacher, since the subject apparently interests you.
Yeah.. I am starting to realize that maybe I should start working at a Montessori school. I even sent them an email and asked what the requirements are for working there, but they haven't responded yet. There is a 2 year study program I can take to become a Montessori teacher, but it is in a different city, and it seems to require that I have the 1 year normal pedagogy course. So, maybe 3 years just to get the education needed to work as a Montessori teacher.
It's really easy to talk about what you think others should do, and it doesn't convince anyone else to change. Do it yourself, however, and your then-peers will notice your success and emulate it (assuming it is a success, that is).
I am much more interested in getting negative feedback, than in convincing you. Theories tend to grow stronger from negative feedback, not from convincing people.
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