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		k__ on June 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is Electricity? (1996) In elementary school I learned electricity is moving electrons and I understood. In highschool I learned electricity is moving electrons, but more like peas in a straw and I understood. In university I learned something about fields, and I have no idea what electricity is anymore.

Already__Taken on June 7, 2020 [–]

I think 15/20 of your most developmental years spent with the wrong model screws us. Kids don't know something is weird and hard if you don't tell them that first.

jagged-chisel on June 7, 2020 | [–]

But we also want kids to be curious about "weird and hard." I guess at that point it's the parenting that matters.

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