Maybe part of the solution would be to have teachers make science & engineering subjects more interesting to all.

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Jacob Samorodin — 5/6/2004 8:59:49 PM (archived)

Nowadays, most senior students in industrialized, western nations are
more interested in sports, entertainment & sex than what is taught in science classes.
Science teachers can make their science courses more appealing to many of those
students....
(1) If the student is more interested in sports, then the science teacher
should show how physics, medical science, and technology play
a very important role in ANY sports competition or extreme competition
[mountain-biking, skate-boarding, etc.]

(2) If the student is more interested in entertainment [video-games, Hip-Hop 'music', movies, TV, rides at the amusement park]
then the science teacher should show how science & technology
play an important role in the entertainment industry.
There would be no modern entertainment industry without technology
[DVD's, computers, cyberspace, video, etc...]

And for the average student entering college?
Make Calculus fun, and practical, for them!...And use computer-graphics to show how it can be done more easily!
Give them science projects that are both challenging, exciting and practical, and applicable to everyday living.

cheers.

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Maybe we should spend more on education? - alcaray - 5/6/2004 5:59:26 PM
- How much more do you think is needed to address the issue? - Larry J - 5/6/2004 6:30:34 PM
  - Money not the problem. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2004 6:47:50 PM
    - Maybe part of the solution would be to have teachers make science & engineering subjects more interesting to all. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/6/2004 8:59:49 PM
      - re: another part of the solution - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2004 10:01:35 PM
        
        "Any idiot can teach." Yes, you didn't say that. Yes, it was still implied. - Mary Anne - 5/7/2004 7:09:32 PM
        
        P.S. I should have mentioned that your first two paragraphs were a brilliant idea. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/7/2004 11:38:19 PM
        
        I have no real argument with any of this. - Tom Brosz - 5/7/2004 11:36:17 PM
        
        Well, good! Re: tenure - Mary Anne - 5/8/2004 12:21:15 AM
        
        re: Re: tenure - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2004 12:51:48 AM
    - When it came time to put my daughter thru college, - alcaray - 5/6/2004 8:42:58 PM
      - freeking Alabama? - FrankC - 5/7/2004 1:42:58 PM
        
        A good deal of our space program is located in Alabama. - Lee - 5/8/2004 5:46:50 AM
      - Both, I drifted. - alcaray - 5/6/2004 9:42:14 PM
        
        Oops...I see. my fault. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2004 9:58:59 PM
      - I'm sorry, I thought we were discussing K-12. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2004 8:56:43 PM

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