What is being told to people in High Schools about Bitcoin

[Blitzboy]

It's too bad to here about that. Anyway, my country does not care about Bitcoin so basically in high schools, no one ever teach about it. And unsurprisingly, the majority of teachers does not even know what is Bitcoin. It is very hilarious. I still wonder how can Bitcoin become a part of my country in the future

[YuginKadoya]

Well,that's what's the mainstream media and society is about.It will always present the things not in the right order and we experience that every day all around us.That's why we are the people that should represent BTC in a positive light.We should be the ones spreading the positives about BTC and only then more people will start actually associating BTC with positives.

Yup! there are not that many news and information regarding bitcoin out there that is why I think that the government are controlling some public viewing that doesn't really know a thing or two about bitcoin and they are using the mainstream media, school information so that students and other people has no knowledge regarding bitcoin the government really are trying to push back bitcoin as the saying go if they could not control it they will try to destroy it!

[Red Fish]

Your teacher do not have enough knowledge in economy. Real economy is not easy thing, simple teacher knows a little bit and not more. Even people, who have a lot of knowledge in economy, sometimes do not know Bitcoin and Bitcoin market in details.

[Wandering Soul~]

It is clear that the teacher doesn't have a depth understanding of the topic but what really intrigues me is  how can a teacher discuss a one sided topic  . A teacher must discuss it without bias and prejudice . It is most likely that bitcoin will have a bad impression to the students even though they dont know it well .

It is surprising that bitcoin is getting discussed in highschool tho .

[manbitcoinlover]

I don't think bitcoin is even being mentioned in schools and if it is, I am sure that it is not all negative and depends on who is talking about bitcoin. If it is a private group talking about economics they will mention the negative and positives of bitcoin. If it is a public speech, probably more negative then positive.

[deisik]

It is clear that the teacher doesn't have a depth understanding of the topic but what really intrigues me is  how can a teacher discuss a one sided topic  . A teacher must discuss it without bias and prejudice . It is most likely that bitcoin will have a bad impression to the students even though they dont know it well

How long ago did you finish school yourself?

Teachers are the most stubborn types that you may ever meet out there. They may start claiming whatever bullshit, and they will never admit being wrong on that even if they themselves eventually understand what drivel they are spouting. They seemingly fail to understand how ridiculous their attempts at saving face look. Just in case, I've met a few such types here, and some of them are obviously still teaching or had been teaching in the past

[Factmine]

Wow, schools are really damn ignorant about bitcoins and they teach kids these? I hope it's not the governments that control these schools and they don't order schools to teach this. For sure if this was a country wide thing, then the government is in on it. They judge it and teach false statements about something they don't even try to know about, for sure they will teach something wrong.

[RodeoX]

It should come as no surprise that the teacher hasn't a clue. I teach science and at most schools the science is taught by someone with teaching "expertise" but no science background at all. The same is surely true for economics. If that teacher knew about economics s/he would never have pursued a teaching degree.
For those who have not been school in the last 15-20 years you might be shocked to see how much it has changed, and not for the better. All that money that politicians were going to save you by divesting in education is now revealing that, while education is expensive, stupid is even more costly.  

My students get to learn the truth about bitcoin and other stuff, but man do they pay for it. The private schools I teach at charge as much as $90,000 for a 6th. grade education.

[deisik]

Wow, schools are really damn ignorant about bitcoins and they teach kids these? I hope it's not the governments that control these schools and they don't order schools to teach this. For sure if this was a country wide thing, then the government is in on it. They judge it and teach false statements about something they don't even try to know about, for sure they will teach something wrong.

You're welcome!

Governments are exactly the ones who are controlling what is being taught in public schools. So don't get surprised when you see a lot of bullshit coming out of these teachers' mouths. I'm not speaking about private schools, since why would you want to pay piles of money for your kid to be taught the same bullshit?

My students get to learn the truth about bitcoin and other stuff, but man do they pay for it. The private schools I teach at charge as much as $90,000 for a 6th. grade education.

Here you are!

[cr1776]

Hi,
It sounds like this is in a non-English speaking country.  At least in many Western countries such as the US (in theory - the socialist authoritarians with help from proto-fascists who want to force people to buy products etc don't like freedom too much) we have a government of enumerated powers, not enumerated liberties.  Just because something isn't specifically allowed, doesn't mean it is illegal.  So bitcoin per se is not illegal.  Some *uses* could be, for example purchasing drugs online.

The rest just sounds like a teacher who knows very little about economics and is anti-freedom among other things.  He should google the purchasing power of major currencies over the past 110 years - even the past 20 years - and see how much inflation rots away the value of a euro, yen or dollar.  Then ask himself if he would use that as a store of value when its value is inflated away.

As far as silver goes, a US silver dime ($0.10 face value) from 1964 is worth about 16 times its face value (~ $1.60) today.  If he considers that to be "stable" he doesn't know the meaning of stable.

Five days ago, a friend of mine studying Economics at High School had a discussion with its teacher, regarding Bitcoin, since I told her about that. Here's what the teacher said :

1. That's illegal : He did not bring many proves here, just saying that since it has not been regulated as a currency, we were in a grey area, and something in a grey area is rarely something that will become totally white from one day to another. He added that the sole purpose of that was to buy all kind of drugs over the Internet.

2. It will crash : He said that he had studied Bitcoin's price evolution throught the time (what I doubt) and said her that being so constantly rising was a sign that it was not a viable project. Its proof : manipulated prices of things like silver or wheat are very stable !

3. Anyone clear in its head wouldn't use it : First, he doesn't recognise any kind of manipulation of the money and the danger that there is for people keeping all their savings in fiat. I know that because I had him as a teacher too some times ago. So trying to explaining him about the fact that there is a clear war against cash and evident facts, like that that shows our money need to be converted into something viable to be protected from massive surveillance, is useless. Him not understanding that, since its the best argument I have, I couldn't have replied. When she told him about the speed of transactions, he replied "we have PayPal", so I said me that it wasn't worth to ever try explaining anything. As a final point, he said again that the sole real use that is making standing apart is that you can buy drugs on the Internet...

4. Bitcoin at a bigger scale would fail : I couldn't explain you much what he said because what she told me wasn't very clear so I personnally did not understood, as her I presume how confuse her explaination was. To summarize, he said that it's still a little market and that it will fail to scale and will go back to close to nothing in value.

I'd like to get your feelings on that. Just call the arguments 1, 2, 3 and 4 and tell me what you would have replied back and what it does inspire you !

[chesatochi]

It should come as no surprise that the teacher hasn't a clue. I teach science and at most schools the science is taught by someone with teaching "expertise" but no science background at all. The same is surely true for economics. If that teacher knew about economics s/he would never have pursued a teaching degree.
For those who have not been school in the last 15-20 years you might be shocked to see how much it has changed, and not for the better. All that money that politicians were going to save you by divesting in education is now revealing that, while education is expensive, stupid is even more costly. 

My students get to learn the truth about bitcoin and other stuff, but man do they pay for it. The private schools I teach at charge as much as $90,000 for a 6th. grade education.

I think is take some time to add new content in courses, normally they need to get approved. The school teaches you the basic, but you need to learn a lot by yourself in the real world with real experience.

In the case of bitcoins, if you want to learn, plenty of good books are now available on the subject. My philosophy, don't wait to learn something if you are really interested in it!

[serjent05]

It's too bad to here about that. Anyway, my country does not care about Bitcoin so basically in high schools, no one ever teach about it. And unsurprisingly, the majority of teachers does not even know what is Bitcoin. It is very hilarious. I still wonder how can Bitcoin become a part of my country in the future

Bitcoin is not tackle in High School well specifically in my country, proof is that even a high school teacher does not know what bitcoin is , funny right? And there is no curriculum in high school that gives way to discuss about bitcoin.  

[seven4smoke]

In my country, I am quite sure that children do not know what is bitcoin. The school curriculum does not accommodate a cryptocurrency information.

[sherbaz07]

well the teacher doesnt know about bitcoin.

[mikecgna]

well the teacher doesnt know about bitcoin.

Teachers in this area themselves Dumberer. So you need a specialist in cryptocurrency to teach, or at least to tell others.

[sportis]

First time I read that I felt angry because the teacher of economics was so uninformed and backward from the era we live. Secondly, I was starting to laugh because his arguments focus on illegal activities using the internet; So, if the adoption of cryptocurrencies is so difficult for a teacher then how we hope that other people less educated would be persuaded to use it instead of fiat money?

[d-trixx]

First time I read that I felt angry because the teacher of economics was so uninformed and backward from the era we live. Secondly, I was starting to laugh because his arguments focus on illegal activities using the internet; So, if the adoption of cryptocurrencies is so difficult for a teacher then how we hope that other people less educated would be persuaded to use it instead of fiat money?

It would be good that the children already had basic training for the work with bitcoin. This would make life easier for parents who have to do with cryptocurrency.

[berserkinterbuy]

It's too bad to here about that. Anyway, my country does not care about Bitcoin so basically in high schools, no one ever teach about it. And unsurprisingly, the majority of teachers does not even know what is Bitcoin. It is very hilarious. I still wonder how can Bitcoin become a part of my country in the future

Bitcoin is not tackle in High School well specifically in my country, proof is that even a high school teacher does not know what bitcoin is , funny right? And there is no curriculum in high school that gives way to discuss about bitcoin. 

First of all, the problem would be for teachers. Because you need to properly start and learn the child explains what Bitcoin is and what it needs. Therefore, you can configure the shortage masters in their field.

[chrisivl]

It should come as no surprise that the teacher hasn't a clue. I teach science and at most schools the science is taught by someone with teaching "expertise" but no science background at all. The same is surely true for economics. If that teacher knew about economics s/he would never have pursued a teaching degree.
For those who have not been school in the last 15-20 years you might be shocked to see how much it has changed, and not for the better. All that money that politicians were going to save you by divesting in education is now revealing that, while education is expensive, stupid is even more costly. 

My students get to learn the truth about bitcoin and other stuff, but man do they pay for it. The private schools I teach at charge as much as $90,000 for a 6th. grade education.

I think is take some time to add new content in courses, normally they need to get approved. The school teaches you the basic, but you need to learn a lot by yourself in the real world with real experience.

In the case of bitcoins, if you want to learn, plenty of good books are now available on the subject. My philosophy, don't wait to learn something if you are really interested in it!

It depends on what age may be suitable for bitcoin knowledge of science. The fact that not everyone can do it at an early age. Therefore, I am not inclined to rank information cryptocurrency and school science.

[olubams]

I will really applaud the teacher of the student not because he is right but because he displayed considerable knowledge of Bitcoin world which I must commend. Although, I have the feelings that he is even more involved than he is letting out and maybe because of the circumstances surrounding the scenerio he has to stick to that position. Over here, even University lecturers know nothing about Bitcoin not to talk of high school teachers as we have in this case so no one talks about it in high school...