Why do we learn science? cont.

Monday, January 28, 2008

OK so first off everyone that said things like science and English aren't black and white I agree with you. I guess I forgot to say that I meant grammar and those things specifically in English. For example grammar and sentence diagramming have set rules and generally English is more literal, logical, and exact. and next I admit I was wrong when I said science isn't black and white. Here's what I say now. Science does have specific rules, laws, methods, process, procedures, etc. and like kyle said specific steps and rules. One of the reasons we learn these is to grasp the ideas behind all the lists, steps, rules, or what ever. With those facts, ideas and such we can use that knowledge to learn and do so much more. like what Tara said "it does give you much more freedom in how and what you learn." For example we all learned specifics in topics such as temperature, forces, time, and such which made us able to say why we may or may not think these things cause change and we use what we learned and now know to come up with theories, ideas, and posts on what we agree and can support to be true that we learned in science class. Another example of this is space and I got this idea from Tori's comment. From what we've learned and know about things like planets, stars, galaxies, elements, etc. we can research/investigate, learn and know more about our universe and what's in it which is a mind boggling, not black and white, perplexing concept. Lastly, I think that as we gain knowledge we gain wisdom and understanding and we learn how to learn for the future, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therfore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."

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