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You're right about kids: they spend much of their free time exploring and playing like they're hard wired to do it. I think our 19th-century-style schools are
by 323454 10y ago
You're right about kids: they spend much of their free time exploring and playing like they're hard wired to do it.
I think our 19th-century-style schools are the problem: we drum information and behaviours into kids until they forget how to be independent. All this time wasted sitting at a desk in a classroom means they might miss out on the chance to develop a passion for something, something that they would fill their free time with later in life. And then we're surprised that people just want to watch netflix.
- kjhughes 10y agoKen Robinson expounds upon this thesis in a classic TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_cre...
- rimantas 10y agoYeah, just think what a nice ornate roof we could build if we skipped foundations and spent all the time saved on the roof…
- xenophonf 10y agoThat misses the point, which is that rote memorization and the recitation of facts does not lay any kind of intellectual foundation, but rather attempts to turn children into diligent factory workers.
- thatcat 10y agoyou're describing building an A frame - one of the most efficient ways to build a house
- dade_ 10y agoRather they "beat" the independence out of children intentionally as the trait does make them a nuisance. It is much easier to have a room full of trained animals.