[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 09:45:36 -0700
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
> Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 07:05:17 -0700
> From: derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [roc-chat] Space Camp for today's kids
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> http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simulate-frus,36148/
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> Thought you folks would appreciate this...
>
> David Erbas-White
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