Agreed on that one. When I was 7 or so I found my father's pictures that he tok when they first occupied one of the Bergen-Belson camps. They were extremely graphic to say the least. I had nightmares about those for years afterwards.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > >>What do you guys think about dumbing down history for the young ones? >>Or dumbing down math for the young ones? > > Some parts of history it's probably best not to give little kids all the > horrific details on. For instance, it's one thing to say millions of people > were killed in the holocaust, but quite another to go into the gory details > of the various tortures inflicted upon them. And another still to talk about > the biggest group of holocaust victims while not mentioning the rest (an > entirely different form of dumbing down history). > > As for math, I don't see any reason to ever dumb that down. Unless, of > course, by dumbing it down you mean starting with the basics and building > upon them. That's kinda a neccessity. Much as I'd like to see my kids doing > calculous in the third grade it's just not going to happen. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318483 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
