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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Kids need to learn to deal with boredom, to deal with the lulls that occur in daily life, to be patient waiting for others, because let's face it, a huge part of life is waiting."

Kids are not little adults.  Their brains don't function like our brains.  They can't be expected to pattern adult behaviors all the time.

Brainless is what you are.[/quote]

Kids are not little adults, but they do need to learn skills to prepare them for adulthood, which was the point of my post.  that's why it begins with the "kids need to learn" part.

"Their brains don't function like our brains" is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.  They are humans after all!  Certainly, they can't be expected to behave like adults, but [b]they most certainly are training to be adults[/b].  And that's a big part of school -- teaching them how to be adults, preparing them to be adults.

I never said there wasn't an age-appropriate way to do this.  But I disagree that kids can't be expected to learn to deal with boredom, especially in rather small doses.  It isn't like kids are doing the states on a map for 6 hours straight.  They do switch to different subjects.

The last part of your post is just plain juvenile.  So I really hope no child patterns your behavior.[/quote]

They will become adults without any training, they just grow.  Maybe if we gave them interesting and engaging educational environments, they would learn that the world is interesting and engaging.  But then we wouldn't be training them very well for their roles in the 99%, would we?

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~rgibson/BowlesEducation.htm[/quote]

Sure, they'll become adults without training but preparing them for adulthood increases the likelihood that they will be successful and functional adults -- as opposed to setting them up for a lifetime of disappointment because they expect to constantly be entertained.

The 99 percent comment is stupid.  By definition, 99 percent of people will be in the 99 percent.  I'm in the 99 percent.  I'm glad my parents and my education prepared me for real life and that I have skills to deal with even the mundane aspects of life as well as the challenging.  Of course I know the world is interesting and engaging, and preparing me for adult life didn't detract from my sense of wonder.  [/quote]

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