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Dbass · 02-05-2005, 06:53 PM

This is a pretty puzzling question...I too an a child of the 80's and my brother is 9 now, and not nearly as inclined to school as I am. I think to address the TV education of the 80's you have to look peripherally to the rest of the world at that time. In the 80's, the main driving force for politics was the Cold War. Politicians wanted to create the best (and the better) set of young learners they could so that we could take up the mantle of war against communism with better technology, more advanced science, etc. The result was - let's get kids interested in science. Consequently all these programs were created, and in general (maybe) the budget for each kid was increased, so that everyone would have to chance to invent better nukes and more effective defense tech.

Just a guess, but kinda makes you think, eh comrade?

02-05-2005, 06:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dbass Crazy	This is a pretty puzzling question...I too an a child of the 80's and my brother is 9 now, and not nearly as inclined to school as I am. I think to address the TV education of the 80's you have to look peripherally to the rest of the world at that time. In the 80's, the main driving force for politics was the Cold War. Politicians wanted to create the best (and the better) set of young learners they could so that we could take up the mantle of war against communism with better technology, more advanced science, etc. The result was - let's get kids interested in science. Consequently all these programs were created, and in general (maybe) the budget for each kid was increased, so that everyone would have to chance to invent better nukes and more effective defense tech. Just a guess, but kinda makes you think, eh comrade?