Comment on Teachers nationwide are flummoxed by students’ newfound chess obsessionComments−jononomo3yI think chess is an absolute waste of time. It is like spending your time doing long division for no reason. You learn nothing at all that is applicable to any domain outside of chess. You could spend your time reading a good book instead.−prepend3yWhat’s wrong with doing long division for fun?I gave up trying to police people’s choice for fun. Let people watch baseball or ferret racing or whatnot.Comically, I remember as a kid people telling me that reading a book was a waste of time. And asking why I would ever read something not assigned.Someone will always think my thing is dumb. Someone is always smarter. Someone is always dumber.So what. If it’s not harming themself or others, then I let it be.−sterlind3ywhat if you happen to find chess fun? is fun a waste of time?−yibers3yWhat if I read a good book about chess?−r-zip3yWould you say the same about golf?
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I think chess is an absolute waste of time. It is like spending your time doing long division for no reason. You learn nothing at all that is applicable to any domain outside of chess. You could spend your time reading a good book instead.
What’s wrong with doing long division for fun?
I gave up trying to police people’s choice for fun. Let people watch baseball or ferret racing or whatnot.
Comically, I remember as a kid people telling me that reading a book was a waste of time. And asking why I would ever read something not assigned.
Someone will always think my thing is dumb. Someone is always smarter. Someone is always dumber.
So what. If it’s not harming themself or others, then I let it be.
what if you happen to find chess fun? is fun a waste of time?
What if I read a good book about chess?
Would you say the same about golf?