MJW
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Fri Aug-01-08 12:25 PM
Response to Reply #16 |
| 17. in the 40s and 50s when I was a kid |
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we shed our shoes and headed outdoors after breakfast ! We climbed trees, ate wild berries, played tag etc .We did not go indoors till mom called us in to eat .
actually that is about the only GOOD thing I can recall about "the good old days"
My kids were the same --but the grandchildren seem to have lost touch with nature. It is a very sad thing
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| -Kids lose touch with natural world..can't identify common animals |
Liberal_in_LA |
Aug-01-08 11:08 AM |
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More like losing touch with picture books. |
skooooo |
Aug-01-08 11:10 AM |
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From Blade Runner (1982) |
whistle |
Aug-01-08 11:13 AM |
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OMG what a great film |
VWolf |
Aug-01-08 11:56 AM |
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Mine too, I first saw the film on cable TV in the late 1980s went right out and bought |
whistle |
Aug-01-08 12:43 PM |
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This is the same generation that cannot imagine the hamburgers they eat were once cows grazing out |
BrklynLiberal |
Aug-01-08 11:18 AM |
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Let's see them identify this: |
hedgehog |
Aug-01-08 11:21 AM |
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Looks like McCain forgot his sun tan lotion |
Mabus |
Aug-01-08 11:31 AM |
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A shell-less turtle? |
NCevilDUer |
Aug-01-08 11:38 AM |
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Do turtles have teeth? |
hedgehog |
Aug-01-08 11:55 AM |
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OK, what looks like a beak in that picture looks different |
NCevilDUer |
Aug-01-08 12:44 PM |
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I think it's the broken off bones in the nose |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 05:16 PM |
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A better photo has turned up |
JHB |
Aug-01-08 12:09 PM |
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television, electronic games, over-organized activities.... |
blindpig |
Aug-01-08 11:32 AM |
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Pretty stupid test. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-01-08 11:44 AM |
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Of course they look nothing like North American species |
malakai2 |
Aug-01-08 12:47 PM |
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Nevertheless, it remains a stupid test. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-01-08 12:48 PM |
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American Elk and European Red Deer are considered different populations of the same species, IIRC. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 01:37 PM |
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I don't think so |
malakai2 |
Aug-01-08 05:16 PM |
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that's because they are not north american birds |
pitohui |
Aug-01-08 07:15 PM |
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Ask any kid where an acorn comes from. you will be surprised by the answer. nt |
Javaman |
Aug-01-08 12:02 PM |
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True story: my daughter was out locating manholes with |
hedgehog |
Aug-01-08 12:05 PM |
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the point is |
MJW |
Aug-01-08 12:06 PM |
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I can't imagine spending a childhood without nature |
Lorien |
Aug-01-08 12:16 PM |
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in the 40s and 50s when I was a kid |
MJW |
Aug-01-08 12:25 PM |
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LOL, you're lucky you didn't get reported for child neglect! |
hedgehog |
Aug-01-08 12:48 PM |
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this kid was no 3 yr old |
MJW |
Aug-01-08 01:39 PM |
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I'm only 22, but I fortunately escaped that nonsense. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 01:49 PM |
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my kids know. but then they know so much more than animals and what we knew in our day |
seabeyond |
Aug-01-08 12:09 PM |
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You and me both. |
kwolf68 |
Aug-01-08 01:04 PM |
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I've only seen blue tits when it's really really cold! |
hootinholler |
Aug-01-08 12:48 PM |
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This test says more about the testers than the testees (giggle). |
Evoman |
Aug-01-08 12:58 PM |
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no, evoman, you don't get the context (because the study is set in britain) |
pitohui |
Aug-01-08 07:20 PM |
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Kids didn't know anything when I was a kid, either. |
SmokingJacket |
Aug-01-08 01:07 PM |
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Small children rarely have Moms who take them places |
SoCalDem |
Aug-01-08 01:10 PM |
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Hahaha, one spring when I was a kid I broke off a small floweing branch of a... |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 01:54 PM |
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My boys would strip my forsythia almost bare |
SoCalDem |
Aug-01-08 02:32 PM |
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As a person who grew up in a rural area I find this very sad. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 01:31 PM |
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Maybe it's more a lack of parents spending time with children and taking |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Aug-01-08 03:00 PM |
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Most ADULTS I know are hard pressed to identify common American birds |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 03:25 PM |
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And to sound less snotty |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 03:42 PM |
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I was able to identify trees around here very accurately since I was in jr. high |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 08:09 PM |
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Fun times |
malakai2 |
Aug-01-08 05:28 PM |
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They were both born and raised within two counties of the office |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 06:57 PM |
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Scrub jay/blue jay difference... |
seawolf |
Aug-01-08 07:29 PM |
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It's a duller blue |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 08:37 PM |
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There are plenty of gaps in my knowledge and I am a biologist |
alarimer |
Aug-02-08 12:27 AM |
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I completely agree. |
Maestro |
Aug-01-08 05:39 PM |
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It isn't just the kids although perhaps it is more important |
YankeyMCC |
Aug-01-08 06:35 PM |
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A "blue tit"? Get the fuck out. |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-01-08 06:41 PM |
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It's not part of the NCLB testing guidelines and can't help them to become |
Firespirit |
Aug-01-08 06:57 PM |
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a british kid not being able to ID "blue tit" is like you not being able to ID a sparrow |
pitohui |
Aug-01-08 07:09 PM |
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That's a very pretty bird! |
Odin2005 |
Aug-01-08 08:17 PM |
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Sparrow, you say? |
XemaSab |
Aug-01-08 08:59 PM |
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So what? |
Codeine |
Aug-01-08 09:15 PM |
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Unless peak oil makes everyone get in touch with nature the hard way |
Lorien |
Aug-01-08 09:42 PM |
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i still don't see how knowing the difference between tit or sparrow would matter |
NuttyFluffers |
Aug-01-08 10:52 PM |
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But they can probably identify every brand-name logo within a 50 mile radius |
killbotfactory |
Aug-01-08 09:18 PM |
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If they want to be good, obidient little consumers, I guess that's |
Lorien |
Aug-01-08 09:51 PM |
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A Blue Tit? I saw one in "X-Men" or "X2" |
minnesota_liberal |
Aug-01-08 09:21 PM |
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oh for the love of god, barely anyone would know what an 'exaltation of larks' is either... |
NuttyFluffers |
Aug-01-08 10:29 PM |
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this is why it is important for kids |
orleans |
Aug-01-08 11:39 PM |
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k&r (see my post 60) n/t |
orleans |
Aug-01-08 11:40 PM |
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