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johnnyApplePRNGtoday at 4:21 PM5 repliesview on HN

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VCFundedGenYertoday at 4:26 PM

So your complaint is...it's boring?

The point is to train the brain via repitition and iteration.

If your goal is entertainment, I'm not sure what you are looking for.

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spandrewtoday at 4:54 PM

Everytime a student says this—it's because they're procrastinating on their work. The hardest part about anything new is starting it. Once you build some momentum, interest and focus tends to build as well.There certainly are some homework assignments that are boring.

A child today can absolutely be successful at doing their homework if they have time to... sit down and write, or draw, or do crafts or things that require them to focus. It's not like Screens exist, therefore no attention span.

What's happening is people are only fixating on screens, and foregoing these slower forms of media. That's akin to saying all children will be obese now that fast food is around. Of course, obesity rates will sky rocket if all you eat is fast food. But if a kid grows up to have homecooked meals, and eat with their parent(s) then they won't. It's as simple as that.

avgDevtoday at 4:46 PM

Homework isn't boring.....its the social media and addictive games that completely are destroying our attention span.

After I detox from online games, I can go back to learning new "boring" stuff. There are nerds(myself included) who find learning fun, and using AI boring because it doesn't scratch the learning itch.

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jimmyjazz14today at 5:09 PM

Learning how to do "boring" things is probably one of the more important skill a child can learn, most things worth doing tend to be kinda boring at least at some point.

__mharrison__today at 4:28 PM

Yep, learning is hard work.

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