How does one explain 'indiscriminate fishing' ?
Someone said RANDOM.
I disagreed and still disagree.
I was shown a google definition of 'indiscriminate' - as usual, people prefer to be contextual in their explanation.
Perhaps that is why, instead of maintaining ENGLISH standards, we compromise.
RANDOM
the one usage that comes to my mind is when obtaining samples for investigation, like in research.
Contextually, INDISCRIMINATE fishing means, fishing without bothering if a fry is caught or a plate-sized fish. One wouldn't care if the fishing area is a no fishing zone or that the fish caught is poisonous i.e inedible.
Fishing as a sport is already RANDOM. It's not often that we can say, hey I'm going to catch us some blue groupers today. People who can say they will catch a definite species of fish from a lake, are people who are professionals (like in a documentary on NatGeo) - these people have a set way of using and hooking the bait they use and they fish at a certain spot. There is nothing RANDOM about their quest, because it has a set of rules, to up their chances of hooking that specific fish type.
So how do we explain 'indiscriminate fishing' to a high school class?
I would say, 'senseless fishing' - because contextually, it means, a person goes out there and fishes, without concern about what he is going to catch. Usually, this type of fishing causes some harm/damage somewhere but never to the fisher.
We can also say 'inconsiderate fishing' because the fisher doesn't care about anything except to fish.
I support teaching correctly because it's HELL to find out much later on, that someone told us something inaccurately.
Accuracy is everything.
Accuracy is also important in online gaming. If the gear obtained in game doesn't have accuracy, one can try to kill a mob and find that all the attacks miss and although the mob will eventually die, it will probably take twice/three times longer.
Teachers have to do more - textbook learning - classroom training is pointless, if there is already a culture ingrained for a + or - explanation.
In Math, the acceptable answer could be anything within a decimal margin of error. In English, we do not have such luxuries.
Either you hit it on the nail, or you are way off base.
Someone said RANDOM.
I disagreed and still disagree.
I was shown a google definition of 'indiscriminate' - as usual, people prefer to be contextual in their explanation.
Perhaps that is why, instead of maintaining ENGLISH standards, we compromise.
RANDOM
the one usage that comes to my mind is when obtaining samples for investigation, like in research.
Contextually, INDISCRIMINATE fishing means, fishing without bothering if a fry is caught or a plate-sized fish. One wouldn't care if the fishing area is a no fishing zone or that the fish caught is poisonous i.e inedible.
Fishing as a sport is already RANDOM. It's not often that we can say, hey I'm going to catch us some blue groupers today. People who can say they will catch a definite species of fish from a lake, are people who are professionals (like in a documentary on NatGeo) - these people have a set way of using and hooking the bait they use and they fish at a certain spot. There is nothing RANDOM about their quest, because it has a set of rules, to up their chances of hooking that specific fish type.
So how do we explain 'indiscriminate fishing' to a high school class?
I would say, 'senseless fishing' - because contextually, it means, a person goes out there and fishes, without concern about what he is going to catch. Usually, this type of fishing causes some harm/damage somewhere but never to the fisher.
We can also say 'inconsiderate fishing' because the fisher doesn't care about anything except to fish.
I support teaching correctly because it's HELL to find out much later on, that someone told us something inaccurately.
Accuracy is everything.
Accuracy is also important in online gaming. If the gear obtained in game doesn't have accuracy, one can try to kill a mob and find that all the attacks miss and although the mob will eventually die, it will probably take twice/three times longer.
Teachers have to do more - textbook learning - classroom training is pointless, if there is already a culture ingrained for a + or - explanation.
In Math, the acceptable answer could be anything within a decimal margin of error. In English, we do not have such luxuries.
Either you hit it on the nail, or you are way off base.
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