I know, but with econ, how exactly would you teach it?

just gotta make the game right.

No wonder economics is no fun to learn when the introduction is "how to create a business"

Like, make a fucking course plan and propose it before you get too smart.

Just have everyone play Eve online emulators for a semester to simulate an economy

I learned about how to think about a loan form Transport Tycoon, and I learned about the basics of the stock market form Railroad Tycoon.

Introduce economics to children by literally making them trade stuff during class.

Literally have kids play games instead to learn about economics.

Yeah

Basically, at the end of a year, they have to send a save file from ZOO Tycoon

Games are incredibly effective teaching tools

I always wanted to know "why does this number that says how much money i can spend not match the one on the yearly statement saying how much money i have?"
(didn't know what the yearly statement was, just that it poped up every now and then and was where the "get more money" button was :P)

Games are the best way to learn, but public schools are so bad at just creating or buying games because "muh authority as a teacher will be undermined"

Teachers need better vetting

not only that, I don't remember where but games are also a version of WORK

just made to properly reward the behavior you want. (assumeing it's a well made game)

They teach kids to be task orientated

I will definitely play games with my kids, just have to figure out which.

minecraft helped me learn my base 8s.

@ARockRaider Best math ever.

well more like base 2s or what ever.

Five stacks burns 4 coal blocks.

This website improved my mental arithmetics high score from around 20 to around 50 in the span of less than two months. Bet schools will want to use that, right? ... right?
https://arithmetic.zetamac.com/

but I knew a stack was 64, a half of that was 32, and so on.

oh, it's a flash card program!

that's amazing!

256, 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1

Playing Starcraft online taught me English.

Cause I wanted to communicate with French people.

Not Korean?

I learned more English in the span of half a year than in four years of school.

I learned how to spell "electrons" form a game called "stratosphere"
was part of a cheat code.

Wait, you couldn't spell electrons right? :>

Best skill gamers get, patience

did i just miss spell it?

lol 😄

No ironically you didn't misspell 'electrons', but 'from'

dangit.

TBH, English spelling is retarded, so you are forgiven

i'm not a good speller.

I misspelled a ton of words even though I was the bookworm in my class