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Luke121 wrote:

Cuz there's nothing I want to discuss more than school after a long hard day at priso- er...school.    One of the reasons I log on to the Forums is to FORGET school. I'm sure others can vouch for me.

But there's one main reason I don't support. People will see the word "school" and it will automatically turn into another Misc with people talking about how much they hate school, or who picked on who. Blah blah blah, drama drama drama. 

Thats why they got rid of it.

They had it at one time?

Luke121 wrote:

Cuz there's nothing I want to discuss more than school after a long hard day at priso- er...school.    One of the reasons I log on to the Forums is to FORGET school. I'm sure others can vouch for me.Advanced courses, much?  Or programming--that's academic.  I, for one, enjoy an intellectual conversation, even after school.  If you don't, you don't need to use the forum.

But there's one main reason I don't support. People will see the word "school" and it will automatically turn into another Misc with people talking about how much they hate school, or who picked on who. Blah blah blah, drama drama drama.  That's why it's called "Academics" and not "School".  "Academics" refers to courses and such--not bullies or disliking peers.

Thats why they got rid of it.

I support! It would go great with the forums!

Can you discuss maybe camp in the summer because I am going to a gifted Camp for kids with I guess good grades or something?

I couldn't agree more, great idea ^^

Greenatic wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

Cuz there's nothing I want to discuss more than school after a long hard day at priso- er...school.    One of the reasons I log on to the Forums is to FORGET school. I'm sure others can vouch for me.Advanced courses, much?  Or programming--that's academic.  I, for one, enjoy an intellectual conversation, even after school.  If you don't, you don't need to use the forum.

But there's one main reason I don't support. People will see the word "school" and it will automatically turn into another Misc with people talking about how much they hate school, or who picked on who. Blah blah blah, drama drama drama.  That's why it's called "Academics" and not "School".  "Academics" refers to courses and such--not bullies or disliking peers.

Thats why they got rid of it.

That WASN'T my point. My point was, new scratchers (or inexperienced ones) will see the word and think it means "talk about school".

Last edited by Luke121 (2012-03-28 15:38:22)

Greenatic wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

Greenatic wrote:

That WASN'T my point. My point was, new scratchers (or inexperienced ones) will see the word and think it means "talk about school".

Then it's pretty easy to say in the little description "Not for talk about social issues."

BTW, thanks to all the above supporters!   

It should say something like this:
Academics
Discuss new things you are learning, classes you're taking, or experiments you've done. NOT for talking about social issues.

RedRocker227 wrote:

I couldn't agree more, great idea ^^

I want this to happen! It would be so awesome!

Greenatic wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

Greenatic wrote:

That WASN'T my point. My point was, new scratchers (or inexperienced ones) will see the word and think it means "talk about school".

Then it's pretty easy to say in the little description "Not for talk about social issues."

BTW, thanks to all the above supporters!   

Give five examples of when a noob actually read the forum rules.

When Miscellaneous was replaced, there was concern of too many subdivisions would cause the forums to look more cluttered, so the idea was to stick with more generalized topics.

That being said: most academic topics usually fit fairly well under the RaP forum since they usually involve some element of reading and observation. It does, however, require some intuition about what is okay to talk about in here and which are probably better discussed elsewhere or put into a Scratch project (case in point: some schools and colleges offer courses in political science and sociology, which often brings about topics which are probably better off talking about in a debate forum.  )

@coolhogs: The Educators forum actually was designed for teachers and educators who needed a place to talk about incorporating Scratch into the academic world. That has moved over to a new website called ScratchED. 

cheddargirl wrote:

When Miscellaneous was replaced, there was concern of too many subdivisions would cause the forums to look more cluttered, so the idea was to stick with more generalized topics.

That being said: most academic topics usually fit fairly well under the RaP forum since they usually involve some element of reading and observation. It does, however, require some intuition about what is okay to talk about in here and which are probably better discussed elsewhere or put into a Scratch project (case in point: some schools and colleges offer courses in political science and sociology, which often brings about topics which are probably better off talking about in a debate forum.  )

@coolhogs: The Educators forum actually was designed for teachers and educators who needed a place to talk about incorporating Scratch into the academic world. That has moved over to a new website called ScratchED. 

Kinda true...
But we still need one more forum; I&M gave way to 4, Misc 2, and AAS 1 new. 

I support, I guess.

Not sure I support this as it is.

However, you can always make a forum outside of Scratch for it.