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Open Science ✅“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.”
— Carl Sagan
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@openscience that's a good quote
ADKline.Design@openscience "Maybe that is why young people make success. They don't know enough."
- Richard P. Feynman
#Quote #RichardPFeynman
- Richard P. Feynman
#Quote #RichardPFeynman
Littlefish@openscience love teaching #PrimaryScience
©@openscience thanks for finding me! hugs!
David A. Dutton@openscience . There are not a lot of really good K through 12 science classes….Especially in the K through 8 grades. I blew through basic chemistry in the eighth grade, and I was reading an organic chem book that my teacher gave me. I actually found it quite simple, but when I got to high school, there was no one there to teach me I also excelled at math and physics, and there was nothing in high school to challenge me other than some basic math and physics classes.
@openscience. A lot of the United States K-12 system tends to push a lot of other things than science… Especially in the more conservative states. Lucky for me, there was a community college nearby, and I was allowed to take classes there half of the day, and spend the other half of the day in high school. If I had my way, I would’ve opted out of the K through 12 system in the eighth grade and gone straight to college, but my parents wouldn’t allow it.
lolonurse@openscience
I miss this guy.
I miss this guy.
Willard@openscience One could say the same for art.
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SusannaAuthor Old White Hippie@openscience That’s actually true of creativity in general.
StarkyRubble@openscience
#CarlSagan was a hero of mine
In the 70s I lived on a large commune in the hills near NASA Ames. One of us worked there under Dr Sagan making a stereo map of Mars from Mariner 9 photos
Never one to turn down an audience he brought his slideshow (the bones of Cosmos) up the mountain and gave 150 hippies a tour of the Universe projected on a pair of white sheets!
It was truly awesome ✨ 🚀🪐
#Science #Astronomy #Mars
Bronwen🏳️🌈🌹@openscience I lost my love of science at high school and it took a decade to rediscover it
Jerry@openscience @Romston some are so bad at math that they become science-fiction writers instead.
Catfluoride@openscience ...while some of them will become postdoctoral researchers and will get equally pissed off by the system.
Ken Camper@openscience Oh how the world misses Carl and his wisdom and humanity.
Bart Graham@openscience
Never a truer statement has been said about my experience with #Science. Sigh. I vowed never to take another Science class after I finished High School (Thanks #MarpleNewtown !!) and now at age 63 I consume more scientific journals than my doctors. All due to on-the-job-training in medical research.
So sad it had to be this way.
Sunny@openscience Hi, your account sounds interesting., May I make a friendly suggestion? Could you put your hashtags in camel case (think some call it Pascal case)? That is, capitalize first letter of each word in hashtags? That way sight reader software can read it. The visually impaired cam know what’s in your bio and posts.
I learned this since coming to Mastodon.
@Sunny05 Hey 👋. Thanks for the reminder. Have already tried to pay attention to it in the posts. Now the bio has also been adjusted accordingly.
#TogetherWeCan
#TogetherWeCan
@openscience Good deal. I myself didn’t even know to do that until I learned it through others at mastodon, and I just came here a couple months ago. So, I didn’t just forget in one spot, I left it out in most.
I hope you have a wonderful day!
@Melzpetpals @openscience so true, isn't it?!
What I wonder is WHEN people become anti-science. I see some parents and maybe even schools discouraging this wonder and enthusiasm in favor of conformity. I wonder if it starts in first grade, second grade, kindergarten?
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TheCosmicCompanion@openscience This is a wonderful sentiment! Carl was my childhood hero growing up!
Swagpuss McG@openscience
Not so much best as aggressively *poke* out through negative reinforcement agency...
Now mathematics? We absolutely SMASH that out of all the most resilient children, for absolutely no reason other than most of the competent mathematics teachers have no idea other than "luck" as to how they learned it. And they fail every, single, student, even the gifted ones.
Earth Notes@swagpussc @openscience Multiple times through school and even uni I had the fun of maths wrenched away from me. Now in my 50s and doing a PhD I'm sneaking some back in on the side! B^>
Wanda Nelson@openscience What happens? Fear of asking a stupid question, fear of being laughed at or the teacher gets irritated because they don't know the answer(s)?
Travis PolingKids are also great writers & artists. If we were better at combining art & writing with science, we'd have a far greater chance of healing our planet @openscience
Deserthorse@openscience Somehow curiosity gets knocked out of so many people/children!
Uwe Küchler@openscience One just cannot repeat this quote often enough.
Quackack (Comics)@openscience Its a good quote, but knowing my nieces, I can say that many kids are not natural scientists.
Though there are vastly more born scientists than grow up to be scientists.
maryfranholm@openscience Posting stuff about Carl Sagan earns you an instant follow. Thank you!
Walter Dunham Ll.B.@openscience
While Carl Sagan is admittedly one of the few brilliant minds of our time, this quote has a big black hole in it. Kids have been taught science since elementary up until they reach university ... or all through our life, for that matter. Some kids are just not into it and would rather pursue something else. Remember, you can lead a horse to water but ...
While Carl Sagan is admittedly one of the few brilliant minds of our time, this quote has a big black hole in it. Kids have been taught science since elementary up until they reach university ... or all through our life, for that matter. Some kids are just not into it and would rather pursue something else. Remember, you can lead a horse to water but ...
Teckids-GemeinschaftJust as we say!
We would be happy if everyone kept in mind that science should be open to children as well.
That said, have you considered moving away from GitHub to a platform that does not deliberately lock out children?
If you need any help with that, feel free to ask!
Dominique Hoffman -zebras54.fr@openscience boosting with pleasure as I love Carl Sagan.
Uair@openscience See: Gatto, "Against School". It breaks down the how and why we brutalize the curiosity out of our children.
RealJournalism@openscience And certain ones decide to reject #Science and become Republicans.
Aurin (ki, ki, kis)I tried but I didn't make it in the official system. sometimes I miss theoretical physics...
SPAM_RiSK@openscience It's true. Scientific education is lacking in public education. It isn't always taught with the curious excitement that drives creatives to make discoveries.
*_jߍyrope@Open Science ✅ Side question: Why is everyone posting about Carl Sagan using the same press image over and over again?
samiamsam@openscience same with art and music