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??? > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory A. Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxx> > Dept. of Physics, Harvey Mudd College (909) 621-8378 > Claremont, CA 91711-5990 mobile (626) 808-5314 > >