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Originally Posted by BryanK
Reminds me of that movie "Accepted"  . No separation of age groups? That'll work out great I'm sure. Will the diplomas be finger painted by the 5 year olds? Oh well, to each his own. If parents want to pay for their children to f*** off all day that's their prerogative. |
And to take a quote author Alvin Toffler, "the key literacy skill of the 21st century is the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn." I think the basic idea here is the freedom of information available on the internet in this "hyper-connected" society that we have (thanks Thomas Friedman). Dont get me wrong, I think school is very important and an idea like an "Accepted" movie type atmosphere will be counter-productive for the most part. However, something needs to be done with the education system in this country. Now if we could only motivate the kids to go out an take the initiative like this kid and his google searching skills.
"In an interview with the BBC, Jack said the idea for his pancreatic cancer test came to him while he was in biology class at North County High School, drawing on the class lesson about antibodies and the article on analytical methods using carbon nanotubes he was surreptitiously reading in class at the time. Afterward, he followed up with more
research using Google Search on nanotubes and cancer biochemistry, [COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]aided by free online scientific journals[/COLOR]."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4x8C6Dcf8
http://www.bradaronson.com/jack-andraka/