[roc-chat] Re: Space Camp for today's kids
- From: R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:04:14 -0700
I should apologize; someone sent me a reaction to my post directly, and I
responded on chat.
No, evidently I'm ignorant of "The Onion." Sorry.
Richard
From: xsive.guy@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 09:55:11 -0700
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Space Camp for today's kids
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wait, Richard isn't an Onion writer? I thought we were getting a preview to an
Onion Editorial or an Onion Letter to the Editor and I thought it was pretty
good.
Thanks,
Mike
Please forgive me Richard. ;-)
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Gregory Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 30, 2014, at 9:45 AM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you for posting the link David.
This is controversial for sure. For the age of the kids involved, I don't
think this kind of 'simulation' enriches their experience. I've seen schools
and teachers give 'lessons' that seem to me to be more an expression of their
own frustration than a beneficial learning experience for the kids. Kind of
like using children as messengers to their parents.
For example, since we know that space exploration is dangerous, should one of
the children be 'killed' in an accident during the program? They could pick
one of the astronaut kids, suddenly remove them from the program and send them
home saying, "see, it's dangerous, so now your dead." Then, all the other kids
could grieve, and maybe it could be their fault. Wow, what a rewarding
experience that would be! :-/
I just don't think that slamming the kids at a young age is valuable. SLI and
USLI teams learn about budgets and red-tape. Even TARC teams learn about
budget restraints through the process of building, launching, and perhaps
travel expenses. Sometimes dreams come before cold reality and the dreams push
us through the BS. These kids need to develop the momentum of their dreams -
the speed bumps will come.
Or, perhaps I'm being too protective of the children in the space camp program?
Richard Dierking
Uh, Richard… You do know what “The Onion” is, don’t you???
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