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Dicey

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A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« on: June 24, 2020, 12:45:21 PM »
This little dude and his daddy are a couple of badasses! Love it!

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2020, 02:03:58 PM »
Hot damn, I’m impressed

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2020, 01:27:08 PM »
The little dude seems so excited :)

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2020, 02:07:44 PM »
That's awesome!

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2020, 08:56:19 PM »
That's so cute:)  And I don't think I knew about 1/3 of those terms until I started learning a bit about accounting recently.

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2020, 08:44:03 PM »
Ok, but rote learning doesn't demonstrate understanding. It just shows a decent memory and desire to please the authority figure by telling them what they've told you they want to hear. Well done, I guess.

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2020, 09:33:33 PM »
Ok, but rote learning doesn't demonstrate understanding. It just shows a decent memory and desire to please the authority figure by telling them what they've told you they want to hear. Well done, I guess.
It does demonstrate awareness. How many of us knew the least thing about anything financial at that age?

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2020, 11:10:11 PM »
Ok, but rote learning doesn't demonstrate understanding. It just shows a decent memory and desire to please the authority figure by telling them what they've told you they want to hear. Well done, I guess.
It does demonstrate awareness. How many of us knew the least thing about anything financial at that age?

None, and most of us turned out just fine. Awareness is fine, I just don't applaud recall as being particularly impressive. If there were some critical thinking involved I'd be suitably impressed by the value of the lesson.


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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2020, 01:09:30 AM »
Ok, but rote learning doesn't demonstrate understanding. It just shows a decent memory and desire to please the authority figure by telling them what they've told you they want to hear. Well done, I guess.
It does demonstrate awareness. How many of us knew the least thing about anything financial at that age?

None, and most of us turned out just fine. Awareness is fine, I just don't applaud recall as being particularly impressive. If there were some critical thinking involved I'd be suitably impressed by the value of the lesson.


"If a teacher is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind." Kahlil Gibran
First, mustachians are not average. A shocking number of adults don't know anything about PF.

And there's nothing wrong with having good memorization skills.

You do not have to be impressed. I was, so I posted it. And your quote is lovely, but the kid is eight years old, hanging out with his dad and having a little fun. Not sure why you feel the need to be so critical, but go ahead, own it, man.

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2020, 09:17:32 AM »
This dad is awesome.  Teaching his kid important life skills, and rocking a serious 'do.  Seriously, that coiffure is epic.
Ok, but rote learning doesn't demonstrate understanding. It just shows a decent memory and desire to please the authority figure by telling them what they've told you they want to hear. Well done, I guess.
Alright, what's your alternative for an eight-year-old?

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2020, 09:26:31 AM »
This dad is awesome.  Teaching his kid important life skills, and rocking a serious 'do.  Seriously, that coiffure is epic.

I agree, man. That dad is the real impressive kid on the block.

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Re: A Financial Crash Course with an Eight-Year Old Badass!
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2020, 07:03:40 AM »
I have an 8-yo. If she wants to start making instructional videos with me, dude, sign me up!!!

I cannot imagine there is anyone else on the planet she wants to collaborate with less than me.