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To: MineralMan

Orbiting electrons are what we learned in the 80s. Schooling took a giant leap backwards in the 70s, actually it probably started in the 60s with the invention of new math, pretty much all the dumb stuff that goes on in schools today evolves from that same mentality "it's not important that they get it right, it's important they understand it" with no explanation of how people that don't get it right could possibly understand it. Then things took another leap backwards in the 90s with outcome based education (forget understanding it, just make sure they feel good). The nation's educational system is devolving.


349 posted on 01/21/2005 7:11:48 AM PST by discostu (mime is money)
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To: discostu

Well, maybe my school back in the 60's was better than most, but I learned a heckuva lot there. I think I was taught the Bohr model back in grammar school, but by high school, we were way beyond that in Physics and Chemistry classes. Never mind that the models have changed further since then. Maybe I just had good teachers.


350 posted on 01/21/2005 7:15:34 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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