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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 64 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

When they filmed the movie 'Van Helsing' in Prague they needed one hundred couples who knew how to ballroom dance. Everyone thought this was going to be difficult to set up, but it turned out that literally every extra they hired could waltz. Back in Soviet days, the country didn't have a lot of money for sports equipment, but every school had a record player. They taught the kids ballroom dancing for the Physical Education requirement.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 17 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

We went to dance classes all throughout I think eight grade and learned a few of the classical dances. Waltz, Foxtrott, Cha-Cha, Tango. That's Eastern Germany in the early 2000s.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 10 points 46 minutes ago

Now I'm imagining Mel Brooks doing a black-and-white German Expressionist scene of nine year olds in tuxedos and gowns doing the tango.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

My middle school in the us made us learn to waltz in gym class. I'm ass at it, but it was fun.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 35 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"Don’t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"

(via)

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 16 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

We can't have people forming their own ideas.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 14 minutes ago
[–] bonenode@piefed.social 24 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
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[–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 25 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

sigh... how can one be so dumb? has to be a troll... right? pretty please.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 22 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Realistically, schools were designed to provide a trainable workforce that could read well enough to learn new tasks and do enough math to make sure the factory machines were properly maintained.

Many people these days don't read a single book after they get out of school. The AIs are just making things happen faster.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 9 points 35 minutes ago (1 children)

From a broader perspective "school" has been a thing since before Socrates and humanity pendulums between "a broad education is the foundation for a strong populace" and "we need a giant pool of disposable labor".

And the US public education philosophy is similarly inconsistent. At the earliest it was Puritans who wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible for themselves and so pushed for literacy. At times it has been guided specifically by the business economy but it's inaccurate to say that schools were designed to produce factory workers.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 19 minutes ago

Yeah, hell modern universal public education was partly a result of the working class fighting like hell for it

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago)

The statement is dumb but I it does have a hint of true. With new technologies comes a new way of life and this should be reflected in education. The traditional educational system was created when no technologies existed and children and parents lifes were very different.
That's why every kid has "ADHD". They live in a different reality! siting down in a class for hours listening to a boring class and then having a test on what was said does not fill todays kids needs anymore. The global traditional.school system needs an urgent upgrade

edit I said Global because it's not a specific country problem

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 8 points 58 minutes ago (2 children)

Although let's be honest, fuck gym class

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Now, there's an exercise class I could really get behind.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Have you seen how fat kids are now? If anything they need double gym class.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 28 minutes ago

It doesn't work

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 50 minutes ago

Don't worry, it's about to vote for y'all, too.

Everything's fiiiine. 😶🔥🔥🔥🔥🥵🫩

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

If everyone has one of these “automobiles” do people ever walk or run anymore

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes, but for recreation. For fun.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 minutes ago
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

Not really, actually

[–] shadshack@feddit.online 1 points 9 minutes ago

I took gym class online in high school. Best class ever. Just had to make up data for much I ran and how many push ups I did every day. I started at 5 and went up by 1 every week so it looked like I was improving. It was a dumb state class requirement that slipped through the cracks when I moved between states after freshman year, so I had to cram it in my senior year to be able to graduate.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And the Uber will take them to right destination 99.9% of the times.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 1 hour ago

TBF I've probably gotten lost more times than that driving my own car.