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Pre-school for kids: does it really work?

Started by viper37, September 09, 2011, 02:23:53 PM

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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 01:33:08 PM
No, I know it's not.  The point is that I like government programs available to everyone.  A library versus a bookstore.

Publicly provided automobiles?  Plasma TVs?  Vacations?

The Brain

Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 12, 2011, 01:37:06 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 01:33:08 PM
No, I know it's not.  The point is that I like government programs available to everyone.  A library versus a bookstore.

Publicly provided automobiles?  Plasma TVs?  Vacations?

Wow, America is more Socialist than I thought.
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Martinus

QuotePre-school for kids: does it really work?

What other preschool can there be? For adults? For pets?  :huh:

Malthus

Quote from: Martinus on September 12, 2011, 01:38:54 PM
QuotePre-school for kids: does it really work?

What other preschool can there be? For adults? For pets?  :huh:

Languish: international preschool for lunatic nerds.  :D
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Scipio

Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 01:28:39 PM
Quote from: dps on September 12, 2011, 01:25:41 PM
There are 3 primary colors.  "The ten basic colors" must be some bullshit Illiinois thing.

Well, given the political system in Illinois, it's probably green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, and green.

Is Illinois a left-wing haven, Muslim, or a stronghold for Ukrainian democrats? :unsure:
Oddly enough, all three.
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Ideologue

Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 12, 2011, 01:37:06 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 01:33:08 PM
No, I know it's not.  The point is that I like government programs available to everyone.  A library versus a bookstore.

Publicly provided automobiles?  Plasma TVs?  Vacations?

Nationalized automobile industry?  I dunno, that may be a step too far.
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Barrister

Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 03:13:08 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 12, 2011, 01:37:06 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 01:33:08 PM
No, I know it's not.  The point is that I like government programs available to everyone.  A library versus a bookstore.

Publicly provided automobiles?  Plasma TVs?  Vacations?

Nationalized automobile industry?  I dunno, that may be a step too far.

:lol:
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derspiess

Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 03:13:08 PM
Nationalized automobile industry?  I dunno, that may be a step too far.

Yeah, it was.
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viper37

Quote from: Martinus on September 12, 2011, 01:38:54 PM
QuotePre-school for kids: does it really work?

What other preschool can there be? For adults? For pets?  :huh:
I suppose pre-school could be used for any kind of classes attended before enrolling in a program.  Like studying in university in or college to get pre-requisite math classes before going full time in your program.
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Ideologue

I think I'd do fantastic in preschool.  One of my fondest fantasies is to have my mind thrown back into my body from twenty-five years ago, ala Replay.  With a combination of education far beyond my biological age, and a knowledge of future events, by adulthood I'd already be like a living god.

It'd be annoying for the first couple of weeks, though, as it seems unlikely that I could convince anyone to sell a four year-old cigarettes.
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derspiess

Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 04:30:55 PM
I think I'd do fantastic in preschool.  One of my fondest fantasies is to have my mind thrown back into my body from twenty-five years ago, ala Replay.  With a combination of education far beyond my biological age, and a knowledge of future events, by adulthood I'd already be like a living god.

It'd be annoying for the first couple of weeks, though, as it seems unlikely that I could convince anyone to sell a four year-old cigarettes.

And everyone would hate you.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ideologue

Quote from: derspiess on September 12, 2011, 04:36:06 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 12, 2011, 04:30:55 PM
I think I'd do fantastic in preschool.  One of my fondest fantasies is to have my mind thrown back into my body from twenty-five years ago, ala Replay.  With a combination of education far beyond my biological age, and a knowledge of future events, by adulthood I'd already be like a living god.

It'd be annoying for the first couple of weeks, though, as it seems unlikely that I could convince anyone to sell a four year-old cigarettes.

And everyone would hate you.

So it's net gain.
Kinemalogue
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HVC

 :hug:In theory going back would be cool ( maybe not five) but knowing what I know now I still make the same mistakes over and over again, so I doubt much would change.
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MadImmortalMan

Knowing in advance which bitches were going to break your heart and when would be very useful.  :menace:
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Josquius

I went to pre-school but you just play there, you learn nothing.

My mother teaches reception class at a school and she observes that kids who come to school already knowing how to read and write tend not to have a long term advantage over those that don`t. Its not like they use the time at school where other kids are learning to read and write to do something productive.
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