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   Pauline von Hellermann (pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 18:17:57 JST Pauline von Hellermann

   One of the children just said:

   “school is just all about turning us into #NPCs”

   (for the uninitiated: non-player background characters in online games, scripted to do the same thing over and over again).

   It’s so true!

   Honestly, their school is obsessed with disciplining; obedience overrides everything else. None of this equips them for dealing with the challenges they, the world will face in 10 years time. So depressing. #Education

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     RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 (ramencatholic@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 04:25:52 JST RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈

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     • Grant

     @gsymon yes! I was recently thinking that I would be so much better at math if I had been able to play D&D in school.
     @pvonhellermannn

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     Grant (gsymon@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 04:25:53 JST Grant

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     If you want children to learn, make it FUN! They will learn at a rate adults can only dream of.

     (Problem: Adults with no imagination have to 'understand' how to make something FUN for children. Now there's a challenge).

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     RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 (ramencatholic@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 05:58:12 JST RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈

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     • Grant

     @gsymon I am also really mad at every adult who told me "No-one will ever pay you to play video games" (as I watch a #Civ7 streamer).

     @pvonhellermannn

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     Grant (gsymon@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 05:58:13 JST Grant

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     @RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn

     Ha! Indeed.

     I think personally, that the ultimate teacher challenge, would be to make Latin fun. Whoa! ( ~55yrs later, I can still feel the boredom. Luckily there was life going on outside the window.)

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     Grant (gsymon@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 06:18:05 JST Grant

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     @RamenCatholic @pvonhellermannn

     When I was ~14 I had a school 'careers' interview. 15mins with the 'careers' teacher (a maths teacher). I told him I wanted to be a photographer or an architect. He told me I should either join the army, or become an accountant. He said there was no money to be made in photography. At 27yrs old, 2 years into having my own studio, I bought my first Porsche 911 and was earning ~3X old friends who had chosen finance. (smug emoji)

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     RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 (ramencatholic@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 08:00:56 JST RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈

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     • civfanatics

     @civfanatics you sound like a grown-up.

     @gsymon @pvonhellermannn

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     civfanatics (civfanatics@mstdn.games)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 08:00:57 JST civfanatics

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     • Grant

     @RamenCatholic @gsymon @pvonhellermannn while it is an interesting career, I'd caution that it's probably not long-term sustainable, and maybe not the most rewarding thing in the world.

     Also doing your hobby for work ruins the fun in it ;).