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Quixote1818

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3. Agree. Any learning is better than none and there is pressure on most kids to get good grades

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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 10:53 PM

Dec 2014

so they do survive. Too few develop an interest in science and math that otherwise probably would be interested. So we end up with a crap load of folks who don't really get science and reject things like evolution. So depressing!

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All Kids are born scientists, but are crushed by society itself - Michio Kaku [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2014 OP

Our natural curiosity is kicked out early. Lucky are the people who keep it. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #1

What little curiosity I had evaporated with the first whiff of formaldehyde. PADemD Dec 2014 #5

The over abundance of man made chemicals everywhere, no doubt, dull the mind. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #6

Retired teacher Thespian2 Dec 2014 #2

Agree. Any learning is better than none and there is pressure on most kids to get good grades Quixote1818 Dec 2014 #3

This should be the most interesting SamKnause Dec 2014 #4

It's not just science. It's every form of creative thinking that could possibly undermine... hunter Dec 2014 #7

I was/am always curious but I knew a lot of kids when I was little LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #8