Swimmer963 comments on Being a teacher - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Swimmer963 14 March 2011 08:03PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 March 2011 12:44:34AM 5 points [-]

When I read this, I remembered also being told to "move your arms and legs".

Seriously?

Seriously?

WTF WAS WRONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE oh never mind OP said it better.

Comment author: Swimmer963 15 March 2011 10:13:28AM 6 points [-]

It does work eventually. If you tell kids enough times to move their arms, and prevent them from actually drowning, they figure it out by trial and error in the end. But that's not teaching.