"Worth" from Unschooling : The Movie

19 year old former unschooler Brenna McBroom talks about a mistake many parents make.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• homeschool
• home
• school
• unschool
• unschooling
• parteing
• parent
• kids
• children

[jamiedoer2]

We all do realize that World of Warcraft is an intricately crafted world that has its own socio-economic features unique to that own space, correct?

And that playing a game such as World of Warcraft is basically playing a giant math game, since the entire system is based off of probability? And the entire battle system is made up of percentages, probability, and advanced algorithms?

The only way to be successful is to understand HOW the system Blizzard created works through analysis.

[LunaGer]

@selfagainstself123

Communication, problem solving, tactics, spelling, reading, writing, leadership, following orders, economics...

[Delectated]

@tallsmile28 they have no basic math skills, neither did Mozart, Beethoven, Socrates, Picasso, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, William Faulkner, Samuel Clemens, need I go on or is there no way to convince you that people with basic math skills aren't the only ones that make the world go round?

[digitalsoul18]

WoW doesn't teach you all that many skills. if he got out of his house, made some friends and bought stuff he would have the same skillset. However, WoW is ruining his body (too much sitting), his REAL LIFE social skills (online social skills dont count for anything) and any prospect for a real career (unless a pro game player which is v.competitive). Sooner or later life will bite him in the butt, but parents r supposed to prevent that. His sister saying 'dont judge' doesn't help.

[Yahweigh]

@selfagainstself123 WoW has a REAL economic system were you can sell items, trade them or auction them.

The prices go up and the prices go down just like in Wall ST.

Theres also alot of teamwork/cooperation that is NEEDED to succed.

[suomikarpo]

99.9% of WoW players read guides on how to maximize damage, how to best play against other players and how to earn money. There's little to no creativity or real learning.

[Lyncheh]

@jamiedoer2

Oh, great. I'm sure you can write that on your CV. "Can analyse numbers - avid WoW player."

[jamiedoer2]

@thatguy1337ftw There's been a study done where they took a group of kids who fell FAR below the literacy line according to standardized tests, had them play World of Warcraft after school every day, encouraged them to become involved with the game (some of them ended up making websites for their guild, for example) and such. In a few weeks they went from barely being able to string a few words together to crafting entire sentences.

That's a lot considering school takes 12 years to do that.

[bwood21390]

Too true. Being a level 72 Paladin is going to get you places. Especially with the ladies. Just a different skill set is all.

[bennn05]

you guys are all missing the point. its pretty funny