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RE: Why I’m quitting teaching part 11/11: Five ways in which mainstream education doesn't 'fit' society
Maybe if labels are used sensitively they have a place!
Maybe if labels are used sensitively they have a place!
A one sentence reply with an exclamation mark. That's concerning. I hope this hasn't turned out like Facebook conversations sometimes do, where people mistake discussion for argument. Normally people are happy to discuss on Steemit and Reddit, unlike Facebook. Either way, the response seems to be one to shut down the conversation rather than discuss.
I hope you know that I wasn't arguing with you and I'm sorry if it came across that way. I was addressing what you said in your earlier reply and discussing what I thought was an interesting topic with you. You said about whether we need or it or not, so I was agreeing with you that it wasn't needed, but simply pointing out that it can help, and also pointing out that "we all turned out alright" isn't actually true - that's actually survivor bias and some people have struggled within the groups that turned out alright. I have had absolutely awesome discussions about topics of interest, even when disagreeing to a degree with a person, on places like this and reddit where no-one is arguing or unhappy but there is a back and forth that goes like "Fair enough, I agree about .... but I think x" or "yeah but what about these factors" but unfortunately sometimes those conversations don't eventuate or people think you are arguing and either a) try and shut the conversation down or b) think you are arguing with them and attack you instead (as evidence by instead of disagreement and discussion, insults and nastiness etc). B rarely happens anywhere but facebook, but it still can happen on other platforms. Speaking of schooling, I don't know why they teach you in school how to discuss and debate (not argue) in school if not many people in the real world are interested in real discussion and even take discussion to be arguing.
I'm sorry if it came across as arguing and you felt the need to shut the conversation down. On my end we were having a discussion, so I addressed the points you said and basically said "I agree about the need thing, but we can do better and we should do better with each generation". I just wanted to discuss a point of interest and I thought that's what we doing.
Sorry if it seemed like an argument, that really wasn't the aim. It's sad to see this conversation cut off either way. Sorry if it came across wrong.
If you weren't thinking I was arguing with you, or trying to shut down the conversation, and simply didn't have much to say, then yes, I agree that used sensitively labels may have their place and I'm sorry to have misunderstood your reply.
To be honest I was just feeling a bit brain dead after a week at work and on my phone at the time as I still am which is a barrier to typ8ng. I WILL reply with a more deserving reply later this afternoon!
Have faith!
And I do tend to overuse exlamation marks!
Glad to hear it wasn't my conversation coming across the wrong way. That was what concerned me the most. I completely understand feeling brain dead and not being able to type much, I was just hoping it wasn't due to some misunderstanding of my previous comment. Glad to hear you didn't see my discussion as argument.
No no, not at all, just a bad time of the week/ term.
Bad time of the term set to continue and probably worsen for the rest of May!
Thankfully today's looking good.