The problem

[JDPriestly]

46. Who is going to make learning science fun for adults?

It isn't that we don't know science. It is that we were taught science in such a horrible way that we don't like it.

And then there is the problem that so much of what we did learn has been proved either wrong or barely relevant.

This is a major problem, but just complaining about it won't help. I think that the nature channels and programs and films are the best way to introduce adults who were bored the first time through to the science of today.

But too few documentary films are made to explain science to adults. The films mostly assume that we know things we never had a chance to learn in school. Or worse, they deal with things with an approach that we hated when we were in school or could not understand and that makes us just feel stupid and not like we are learning.

By the way, my chemistry courses were the most boring experiences of my life. Now I find chemistry somewhat interesting. But it is really too late to change my gut reaction to just the word "science."

You should have seen my Jr. High biology teacher. If you did you would understand why so many adults don't like science.