But if you consider the courses I actually liked a) if I told friends or family "Yeah I'm doing an hour a week of US History because I love the material" they'd think I was borderline crazy and b) if I did that *like school does* I would think I was crazy, too.
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"And here's a quiz to make sure you did the reading." "Not sure why you need to check that, but don't worry, I did the reading." "Oh I don't trust you and also need some time during this hour so here, quiz." "Wait walk me through that again." "Don't talk back to me."
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"I... I think I'm hiring you for your expertise on the subject of US History and the teaching of it. Did I check the wrong box and sign up for some social dominance service instead?" "No we call this teaching now sit down and quiz." "I... think I'm leaving." "You literally can't"
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Another revealed preference thing which is scary to contemplate: I loved US History, to the point of even declaring a desire to major in and teach it at one point, and while I don't think I've changed on the subject it represents maybe ~2% of the books I choose to read.
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So is my takeaway that I didn't love US history, that my preferences have changed as an adult, or that the wide world has a lot more interesting things in it that I would stackrank above US history but since I could only choose from the limited universe on offer US history it was
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(I apologize for somewhat quirky-for-me philosophizing on this issue. Having children is really a trip, particularly if you hear "Why do I have to go to school today?" and decide to take it maximally seriously.)
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imo takeaway isn't "gym class was good after all" but "gym class is a horrible nightmare parody if it poisons kids' opinions of something so commonly enjoyed"
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just like how english class somehow results in so many adults who for years after leaving school "hate reading"
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>This leads me to the terrifying thought that I may have underestimated gym class. You did. But it's okay cause you're not the only one and it's never too late to change your lifestyle for a stronger body /1
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As a fellow engineer, my best persuasion trick is to remind you studies show stronger body correlated to stronger mind And a stronger mind is what we engineers are really after :) /2
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