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Tacticalteam t1_j22uhdp wrote

Reply to comment by Ezaviel in TIFU by teaching survival skills to a church group [UPDATE] by Missing411_hopenot

This person is really right. You taught basic skills we as a people once knew. She could have looked this stuff up online, too.

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Superior91 t1_j22wqhz wrote

Not only that, but what's the next step here?

Don't teach kids how to drive cause they might buy a car and drive off.

Don't teach kids anything about finances. If they can't afford to move out, you'll always have them close.

Don't teach kids anything about cooking. If they can't cook for themselves they'll have to live at home.

Don't give them an education. If they don't know shit they won't know what they're missing.

OP, teaching people survival skills is definitely a good and compassionate act, don't stop it.

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iampuh t1_j23buy9 wrote

Texas would like a word with you. You are not supposed to teach critical thinking because kids should listen to their parents and not think critically. I'm not making this up.

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OpheliaRainGalaxy t1_j23dswi wrote

Little-me got in trouble for learning theories about how the moon came to exist other than "God made it in an instant with a thought!"

So grateful my parents couldn't afford private school! Yay for free public education!

I didn't get to learn basic facts about the world around me until school, because everything was god this and bible that. Didn't dare to learn about humanoid evolution until after my mom died, was terrified of saying the wrong thing and setting off another screaming tantrum about how monkeys in the zoo don't evolve into people.

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Neither_Werewolf6095 t1_j239oqv wrote

Pat yourself on the back instead of blaming yourself. I'm feeling good, please do your best in this condition. They give these kids valuable skills and build confidence.

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Sergeant_Steve t1_j23hwm0 wrote

>Don't give them an education. If they don't know shit they won't know what they're missing.

Isn't this still a thing in some states and certainly with some "religions"?

I.e. they don't teach kids about puberty, sex, menstruation etc because then they'll end up having sex outside of marriage and getting pregnant (which is actually the opposite but you can't convert these people to modern beliefs).

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