Proposal Suggests UK Students Study Wikipedia and Twitter 252
An anonymous reader writes "Who needs crusty old rubbish like the Victorian era or World War II? Instead, an Ofsted report leaked to The Guardian details of proposals to teach UK primary school children how to use Wikipedia, Twitter, podcasts and blogs. Presumably they're already au fait with b3ta and 4chan. And you already can't get the kids off Bebo without a crowbar."
Re:Grammer Nitpick (Score:2, Funny)
I guess your honors English didn't cover spelling. Check your title.
Re:Twitter is pretty retarded (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Grammer Nitpick (Score:2, Funny)
I thought slash editors used to correct grammar and spelling mistakes?
You must be new here....
Re:Idiocray in its uttermost level (Score:3, Funny)
"Idiocray" ? Is that a really dumb 1970s supercomputer [cray.com] ?
Re:Not entirely misplaced (Score:5, Funny)
the 11 year old girl who wants to meet them in a quiet street at 9pm alone probably shouldn't be trusted.
Shit, now you tell me ! :(
What kids need is hope (Score:4, Funny)
Teach them to read and write then you can teach then Genesis and Gospels. That's all they need to know. The real life isn't on earth.
Re:Not entirely misplaced (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Next week (Score:5, Funny)
ohh you are so special!
I always find what I want with Google, here is how I do it.
1) I open the Internet and it always goes to Google for me, I think my son did that. .... Google found it, I click on the first link and I am there
2) I type ebay.com into the box on my screen and click "Google Search"
3) tada
See, you are not the only who knows how to use Google
Re:Learn how to learn (Score:4, Funny)
They'll get round to the Second World War later on when they're at an age to study it with better understanding. It's not being skipped. Just delayed.
Thank god for that. I was beginning to worry that future generations of "England" football fans would not know what to chant in the England vs Germany matches.
Re:Stupid (Score:3, Funny)
Why the fuck was this posted as AC? Is Crapdot having authentication issues?
Look at it this way, at least your post didn't default to -1.
Re:Twitter is pretty retarded (Score:1, Funny)
Obligatory Penny-Arcade:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
Re:critical thinking skills (Score:3, Funny)
Most teachers don't have this facility, and so are incapable of teaching it.
[Citation needed]
Re:Next week (Score:3, Funny)
if os == unix:
man(problem)
else
google(problem)
else
irc/forum/mailinglist/project wiki/paid support #p.s how did you get here
fi