[ExI] common core educations standards, was: RE: far future

[William Flynn Wallace]

Forwarding something about health may be against your rules, but I read
this book and was immensely impressed.  Another, Deep Nutrition, featured a
microbiologist/physician who eats a diet of 70% fat.  Also included was a
very negative rant about statins causing cognitive decline.  This link will
give you the gist of the first book (Grain Brain).

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/819232?src=wnl_edit_specol&uac=217359DY


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:39 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>
>> *From:* extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:
>> extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On Behalf Of *Kelly Anderson
>>
>>
>> *>…*I am sad that I didn't do auto mechanics and welding in high school.
>> That would have served me much better than a lot of stuff I did take…
>> -Kelly
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I get ya Kelly, but in general I disagree with the notion.  There is so
>> little classroom time available, I would advise young people to look around
>> for worthwhile practical electives: typing, networking, IT, Microsloth
>> apps, perhaps home repair or craft shop, but not auto, not home economics,
>> not welding.  Reasoning: there are better ways to learn that stuff,
>> especially now.
>>
>
> Well, we're talking about 1980 in my case. I was very lucky indeed to be
> able to use my study hall period to sneak into the audio visual CLOSET to
> use one of two Apple II computers to TEACH MYSELF how to use a computer.
>
> The things I did take were things like sewing, home economics, organic
> chemistry, history, english, lots of math and the like. Now, had I taken
> welding instead of home economics, I would be better off today. Yes, I can
> still learn welding, and it is on my VERY short list of things I want to
> learn to do, there have been hundreds of things I wanted to weld over the
> years, and very very little that I wanted to sew.
>
>
>>  When we were younger, the way to learn that was to get a junky old car
>> for practically nothing, then fix it.  Plenty of old guys around will help
>> you or explain to you what you need to do.  I see that as one of the most
>> effective male bonding rituals left.  It isn’t dangerous, isn’t
>> particularly costly, and it has a ready reward: fix the junkpile, you
>> ride.  Otherwise, we call you pedestrian, and do it with an understated
>> derision, the kind that motivates young men to pick up the wrenches and get
>> to work.
>>
>
> Yeah, I was never impressed with that argument when younger. But I wish I
> had been. I guess my parents giving me a car was less than helpful.
>
>
>> Welding: never waste classroom time with that, unless you intend to
>> become a professional welder.  Otherwise, get a welder and some rods (they
>> aren’t expensive), watch the YouTubes, read the basics book you can get
>> online or at the public library, all of which can be done in about an hour
>> or two.  Then just practice your way to success.  Make a weld, break it,
>> look at the break, figure out what they mean by penetration and why your
>> first welds don’t have it, try again, etc.
>>
>
> That's what I intend to do as soon as I have access to welding equipment.
> Hopefully this will happen at the local maker space soon.
>
>
>> I would tell the young people:  Learn it by doing it, in both auto and
>> welding.  Put away the dope and the beer, you don’t have time for those
>> things now.  You have the opportunity to pick up skills that will help you
>> the rest of your life.  Grab as many of them as you can.
>>
>
> While I think dope should be legal (along with a LOT of other better
> stuff), I don't advocate actually using the stuff. It's stupid. The only
> thing dumber than drugs is outlawing them and fighting against people's
> right to use them.
>
> I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly!
>
> -Kelly
>
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