So the Titanic was real???

[Raphael]

See Rule #6

[ozrocker]

You're kidding me, right? Is this real? If so, it clearly shows the poor state
that our education system has fallen to. That was Elementary School History
for me.

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[B4Buster]

The Titanic was real? Yeah right... It's just some romance movie from the 90s

Next you'll tell me the Germans never attacked Pear Harbor.

[katanaso]

You're kidding me, right? Is this real? If so, it clearly shows the poor state
that our education system has fallen to. That was Elementary School History
for me.

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I'd place a little of the blame on the education system.  I'd put the majority of the blame on the parents.  They're allowing their kids to grow up stupid.

[Shuffler]

I'd place a little of the blame on the education system.  I'd put the majority of the blame on the parents.  They're allowing their kids to grow up stupid.

A lot of the blame.

[Karnak]

Todays youth.
All that technology literally at their fingertips. And still do not know much.

I recall reading that having so much capability to search for information exacerbates ignorance in some people as they react by reasoning that they don't need to know it as they can just look it up if they ever need the information.

[titanic3]

Weird as it sounds, and maybe a little sad, but I learn more by watching discovery channel than paying attention in school. By 6th grade, I already knew how black holes works (or how scientists think they work), Proxima Centauri, how light years worked, just how big our universe is, evolution, theory of relativity, etc etc.

I still learn in class, just not as much as I do watching TV.

[F22RaptorDude]

  People these days...

[Zoney]

I saw a cartoon of a couple of kids (young adults) standing in line to see the move "Titanic".  A couple is leaving after just seeing the film and says "Wow, that scene where the boat is sinking was awesome".  And the kids reply "The boat sinks ? Thanks for ruining the film by giving away the ending ya jerk !"

[F22RaptorDude]

I saw a cartoon of a couple of kids (young adults) standing in line to see the move "Titanic".  A couple is leaving after just seeing the film and says "Wow, that scene where the boat is sinking was awesome".  And the kids reply "The boat sinks ? Thanks for ruining the film by giving away the ending ya jerk !"

God dang thats just sad

[Hoffman]

Same here. I'm honestly a bit ashamed of my generation's ignorance  .

Today I had to teach the high school seniors at my work who Mark Antony and Cleopatra were.
Two of them didn't even know who Augustus Ceasar was...
I mean I know it's ancient Roman History and not all that important in your day to day life... but they had never even heard of them.  Didn't even know they were Romans.

[Motherland]

Weird as it sounds, and maybe a little sad, but I learn more by watching discovery channel than paying attention in school. By 6th grade, I already knew how black holes works (or how scientists think they work), Proxima Centauri, how light years worked, just how big our universe is, evolution, theory of relativity, etc etc.

I still learn in class, just not as much as I do watching TV.

Edutainment really doesn't teach you much, certainly not as much as you like to think.
Just think about how bad a reputation the History Channel has here- the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, etc. are just as bad, if not worse. It gives you a general idea of what's going on if you don't actually have any knowledge of it but it's far oversimplified and often misleading.
Just with the knowledge I've sucked from high school AP Chemistry, I sometimes cringe at how the Science and Discovery channel sometimes describe that area of science much the same way we all cringe when the History Channel claims that the P51 was the most maneuverable aircraft of WWII or something like that.

Honestly kids who think that they can get all of the knowledge they need from edutainment and walk around with their heads held high talking about quantum mechanics and such when they actually don't know anything of the subject in detail, or the math, etc. are just as much a problem as those who are completely oblivious, as they end up feeling that school is beneath them and never learning anything in detail and completely wasting whatever potential they had. I know plenty of people like that.

[F22RaptorDude]

I blame the schools, and about everything else that I as an American can blame for all my problems 

[titanic3]

Edutainment really doesn't teach you much, certainly not as much as you like to think.
Just think about how bad a reputation the History Channel has here- the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, etc. are just as bad, if not worse. It gives you a general idea of what's going on if you don't actually have any knowledge of it but it's far oversimplified and often misleading.
Just with the knowledge I've sucked from high school AP Chemistry, I sometimes cringe at how the Science and Discovery channel sometimes describe that area of science much the same way we all cringe when the History Channel claims that the P51 was the most maneuverable aircraft of WWII or something like that.

Honestly kids who think that they can get all of the knowledge they need from edutainment and walk around with their heads held high talking about quantum mechanics and such when they actually don't know anything of the subject in detail, or the math, etc. are just as much a problem as those who are completely oblivious, as they end up feeling that school is beneath them and never learning anything in detail and completely wasting whatever potential they had. I know plenty of people like that.

Don't get me wrong, if I came off as arrogant, I apologize. Yea, I know these TV Channels are only general info and somewhat biased, but you still learn a thing or two from them. And I'm one of those people who has that extra "curiosity" level. Every game I played or almost all movies I watched, after doing it, I would go online and look up the background or the true story behind it.

For example, I started playing Shogun 2 a few months back, and coincidentally, I was doing a paper about the Tokugawa Shogunate as well. Even before I started writing, I already knew the Sengoku Jidai period, the tactics, the battles, and the men involved. And of course, my love for war games has me acing every test, project, paper, or homework about the 20th century conflicts. (Wish they would make a good pre-19th century military game though,  ).

[kilo2]

My senior year a teacher asked the class who their favorite historical figure was. Some girl said Jack Dawson from the Titanic.