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Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story)
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Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:41:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Philip Ogston wrote:

The one good thing about the US school system is that the people who manage to
get a decent understanding of science are really good at figuring things out
for themselves, which makes for good scientists and inventors.

So the US public school system is best viewed as one big trick question?

Steve



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  Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story)
 
(...) I have to say, yes. It's like, if you got through this, you can probably get really far... :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story)
 
(...) Unfortunately the US system of teaching science depends a lot on simplification of topics in the early years and then clarification when the subjects are taught again in high school and college. Of course over simplification often leads to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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