That reminds me of that article I read, a doctor was complaining that parents proudly claimed that their little ones could stack cubes like noone on their play tablet, but those babies couldn’t in fact do it in real life and had no real eye-hand coordination and no ability to handle real life geometry.
Some people have allowed themselves to misled by online ‘experience,’ without being willing to question whether it’s really the same thing as hands-on experience.
it would have been awful to get into the water (even though we are talking about summing), besides, with somebody who actually knows watches you and corrects you, according to what you are currently doing. Luckily that’s behind
the old days of teaching kids to swim was basically simulated drowning. throw them into the deep end, hold their head underwater, waterboard them(which to some people is not torture). or, just deny them access to the pool because people don’t like the color of their skin.
In the last episode of “Black-ish”, the father tried to learn to swim by watching YouTube videos, so he could attend a neighbor’s pool party. He almost drowned, and had to be dragged out of the pool by his seven year old daughter. The joke, and the lesson, is that some skills can only be learned through active practice over time.
Jonathan Mason about 8 years ago
Maybe a bit of exercise would have done him some good.
Kim Metzger Premium Member about 8 years ago
Okay, I’m officially old. I don’t get it.
angeldscoobydoo Premium Member about 8 years ago
Roy, swimming is best learned the old fashioned way.
cabalonrye about 8 years ago
That reminds me of that article I read, a doctor was complaining that parents proudly claimed that their little ones could stack cubes like noone on their play tablet, but those babies couldn’t in fact do it in real life and had no real eye-hand coordination and no ability to handle real life geometry.
johnzakour Premium Member about 8 years ago
You can “learn” anything from watching youtube.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 8 years ago
Some people have allowed themselves to misled by online ‘experience,’ without being willing to question whether it’s really the same thing as hands-on experience.
redback about 8 years ago
it would have been awful to get into the water (even though we are talking about summing), besides, with somebody who actually knows watches you and corrects you, according to what you are currently doing. Luckily that’s behind
davanden about 8 years ago
I hope this isn’t going to turn into another “baby” strip. There are plenty of others out there for people who want that.
vwdualnomand about 8 years ago
the old days of teaching kids to swim was basically simulated drowning. throw them into the deep end, hold their head underwater, waterboard them(which to some people is not torture). or, just deny them access to the pool because people don’t like the color of their skin.
belgarathmth about 8 years ago
In the last episode of “Black-ish”, the father tried to learn to swim by watching YouTube videos, so he could attend a neighbor’s pool party. He almost drowned, and had to be dragged out of the pool by his seven year old daughter. The joke, and the lesson, is that some skills can only be learned through active practice over time.
I Quit about 8 years ago
I believe it’s called “ironic humor” folks.
wes tnt about 8 years ago
we learned how to castrate piglets on youtube
1956monkey about 8 years ago
Think or Thwim… though the ironies probably give us a McGiver that is kinda jock but kinda Kiwzach Hadderach (sp?) and swimming before walking.
Pedmar Premium Member about 8 years ago
Why is there a little blue phone booth on their shelf?