What are some things you learned in school that are now irrelevant due to technology?

[blinblue]

When I took the SAT (I think it was in 2005) we had to copy a short paragraph stating we'd wouldn't cheat,etc all in cursive. They said it was REQUIRED that we write it in cursive (because everyone knows that cursive is legally binding!). There were a few letters I couldn't remember so I just wrote the regular letter in its place. That's the only time in my entire life where I had to write in cursive.

 

[ShawnD1]

History can be very important, not only from understanding what happened but from having a thorough understanding of why it happened. A classic example would be a case where someone states that WWI started due to the assassination of an archduke without understanding the geopolitical context. It's important if you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to make decisions that impact the future.

Does it really matter what the political context was? If president Obama was assassinated by someone in Iran, you know the shit would hit the fan. President Obama assassinated in any foreign country would start a huge international conflict and potentially start a war.
edit: 9/11 is another example of terrorism starting a war

The real lesson to learn: destroy all terrorist groups in your own country. Even the ones you agree with on a philosophical level. If they do something crazy like assassinate the leader of another country, even if it's a leader you think is a douche, it could cause a war. Then again that's basic common sense. Killing important people causes problems? No shit.

When I went back to college in 1999, there were certain professors know to give you at least a B if you bitched / confronted them. Piss poor teaching.

And now we know how alkemyst passed his classes. Mystery solved.

 

[alkemyst]

And now we know how alkemyst passed his classes. Mystery solved.

There have probably been 2-3 times in my life I ever questioned a grade and each of them was a definite mistake.

In many of my classes I was no longer permitted to answer. I'd blow every curve and finish first, most of the time coming late to class.

If anything many of my professors wanted to see me fail.

 

[Locut0s]

Does it really matter what the political context was?...

Knowing the real facts about events and what really caused them is one of the major things that separate those we consider intelligent and educated from those who are ignorant in uninformed.

 

[ShawnD1]

Knowing the real facts about events and what really caused them is one of the major things that separate those we consider intelligent and educated from those who are ignorant in uninformed.

So you're saying it's entirely possible to assassinate the leader of one of the largest empires of the world and not start an international conflict?

I just said that the situation didn't matter and that killing a world leader will always cause a huge conflict, and you are disagreeing with me.

 

[Locut0s]

Does anybody know about this shocking fact:

The kids born after 1998 are the least-taught generation in human history, that's the time when the things we have been learning in school for the last 500 years are seldom taught, but yet they are the most self-aware and most knowledgeable generation of youths history has ever seen, why? Because of Google and the internet.

It started long before Google and the Internet. Though those have played a part in making things worse. By the time I was in elementary and 2ndary school there were was already tonnes of shit that wasn't taught any more that would have been considered founding principals of a good education only a few decades back. And the Internet was only beginning to make an impact at that point.

 

[Locut0s]

So you're saying it's entirely possible to assassinate the leader of one of the largest empires of the world and not start an international conflict?

I just said that the situation didn't matter and that killing a world leader will always cause a huge conflict, and you are disagreeing with me.

Seems to me that the only real point in Kadarin's post was that History is important in order for us to know why things really happened and indeed what really happened. The first thing in your post you said was does the political context really matter. Well as to whether a conflict is actually started or not certainly is won't make much difference. I'm not disagreeing with you there. But yeah to the overall understanding of the event the political context matters a huge amount.

 

[Ken g6]

having to put ,8,1 when i try to load a program

PEEK and POKE. On a computer, that is.

 

[Evadman]

How to make a lace card.

 

[Locut0s]

How to make a lace card.

When in school did you learn this? Did you take Home Ec?

 

[Fritzo]

What part of Japan's history are we doomed to repeat? The part where it had no unified government and was in a state of chaos because warlords were always at war with each other?

To make it even a bigger waste of time, we never actually learned why Brazil is such a shit hole. I think it's because nobody knows. Those countries have been completely broken for 200+ years.
edit: by "those countries" I mean all of the countries south of the US.

We learned from Japan "Don't screw with a country with nukes, they'll pwn you."

 

[gophins72]

PEEK and POKE. On a computer, that is.

heh, i remember when i thought i was the coolest person in the world by being able to make my computer reboot with a poke command.

hmm think on the atari os it was poke 652,1 and reset made it hard reset. and i forget the one to turn off those stupid key clicks... oh well, might need to learn newer stuff i think.

 

[Kadarin]

Does it really matter what the political context was?

Well, if your highest aspiration in life is a position in the fast food service industry, then I suppose not.

 

[gophins72]

What part of Japan's history are we doomed to repeat? The part where it had no unified government and was in a state of chaos because warlords were always at war with each other?

To make it even a bigger waste of time, we never actually learned why Brazil is such a shit hole. I think it's because nobody knows. Those countries have been completely broken for 200+ years.
edit: by "those countries" I mean all of the countries south of the US.

i think japan had a terrible double dip recession in the 80s as well as non-growth gdp. if we dont handle the current economic crisis we could repeat their non-growth.

japan is an aging and xenophobic population whose economy and world stature is becoming less significant as time progresses due to the shrinking populace. social experts and economists say that unless the japanese start having more kids it will only get worse (some say that is not true too). supposedly western europe is following in japan's footsteps.

also, some consider brazil to rise in stature due to its over abundance in water, which america and other advanced countries will fall in short supply of due to its population growth.

 

[Locut0s]

i think japan had a terrible double dip recession in the 80s as well as non-growth gdp. if we dont handle the current economic crisis we could repeat their non-growth.

japan is an aging and xenophobic population whose economy and world stature is becoming less significant as time progresses due to the shrinking populace. social experts and economists say that unless the japanese start having more kids it will only get worse (some say that is not true too). supposedly western europe is following in japan's footsteps.

also, some consider brazil to rise in stature due to its over abundance in water, which america and other advanced countries will fall in short supply of due to its population growth.

Was just talking about America looking like it was following Japans footsteps a la their long decades long 0 growth syndrome. I think it's likely.