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Sad thing, punishing well-intended curiosity... #155354 05/02/13 10:28 AM
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OP HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	I certainly had the sinking sensation that it COULD easily be any one of our kids here, when I was reading this. SciAm blog -How to repel kids from science: By shackling curiosity in cuffs Sheesh. My DD and I were making bicarbonate-vinegar... er... IED's... when she was about four. She loved figuring out the best ratio for propelling a film-canister cap the greatest distance, I might add. Her father and I, both being chemists, saw nothing wrong with this activity, and enthusiastically supported her desire for exploration. I did make her don safety glasses, however. I'm sure that that the fact that we were homeschooling at the time meant that we only had to worry about the neighbors, and not about imminent arrest or expulsion. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: Sad thing, punishing well-intended curiosity... HowlerKarma #155364 05/02/13 10:50 AM
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OP HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	I couldn't agree more: Originally Posted by florida-teen-charged-with-felony-for-trying-science/ I can�t name a single scientist or engineer, who hadn�t blown up, ripped apart, disassembled something at home or otherwise cause a big ruckus at school all in the name of curiosity, myself included. Science is not a clean. It is very messy and it is riddled with mistakes and mishaps. I wonder if she was experimenting because she wanted to actually do something in science class and not merely be lectured to and complete worksheets. I wonder if she was bored or just wanted to see for herself how x and y react to each other. Science is fun! I spend months traveling around the world studying wild animals in Africa. I have friends who do chemistry and solve crimes and who live on sea vessels for weeks studying plastic trash islands in the ocean. But the average high school student would have no idea of how exciting science could be because we�ve taken the action out of science. I'm also reminded of the title poem for John Grandits' "Technically, It's not my fault" which is also (helpfully) on the cover of the book. I think that most parents here can probably (ruefully) identify with kids like this. This book is also the source for my daughter's disdainful amusement at what she refers to as "chicken-brain" answers on multiple choice assessments, incidentally. A search in the book turns up the page, which is also hilarious for parents and their HG kiddos who have suffered through mind-numbingly inappropriate placements. Last edited by HowlerKarma; 05/02/13 12:15 PM. Reason: to add poem that was scratching at the back door of my middle-aged brain. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: Sad thing, punishing well-intended curiosity... HowlerKarma #155383 05/02/13 12:42 PM
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Mk13 Member M Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 761	Oh boy! All those things I'd get in trouble nowadays that I did when I was a kid!

Re: Sad thing, punishing well-intended curiosity... HowlerKarma #155389 05/02/13 01:51 PM
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OP HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	I know. I'm running down the list of things that I did... adding the list of things that my DH did... and... whoahhhhhh would we EVER be in trouble. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

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