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At 18, a "child" can enlist in the military without parental consent. There are fighter pilots younger than 25 who are entrusted to fly SOLO in a $180m F-22 Ra

At 18, a "child" can enlist in the military without parental consent. There are fighter pilots younger than 25 who are entrusted to fly SOLO in a $180m F-22 Raptor with live missiles. How do these so called High school administrators justify protecting "children" from every theoretically possible harm? While forgetting that in less than 2 years these same students might be going into combat as a member of the armed forces.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
> How do these so called High school administrators justify protecting "children" from every theoretically possible harm? While forgetting that in less than 2 years these same students might be going into combat as a member of the armed forces. Helicopter parents [1] and freely available student loans subsidized/backed by the federal government. The child/parent are the consumers of the service, but the negative externalities are dumped onto society. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent
- neurotech1 9y ago
  This is tangentially related to why Elon Musk[0] likes to ask potential interns and employees how "they" solved a particularly difficult problem[1]. If they personally solved the problem, they are going to know the details of the solution. A student who relies on a "helicopter parent" is significantly less likely to understand the details of how to solve difficult problems. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2017/06/19/these-women-raised-six-silicon-valley-ceos-heres-how-they-did-it https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2017/06/19/th... [0.1] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/RxqQg http://archive.is/RxqQg [0.2] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/uJmoD http://archive.is/uJmoD [1] https://www.inc.com/anna-hensel/the-1-incredibly-detailed-job-interview-question-elon-musk-always-asks.html https://www.inc.com/anna-hensel/the-1-incredibly-detailed-jo...

toomuchtodo 9y ago

> How do these so called High school administrators justify protecting "children" from every theoretically possible harm? While forgetting that in less than 2 years these same students might be going into combat as a member of the armed forces. Helicopter parents [1] and freely available student loans subsidized/backed by the federal government. The child/parent are the consumers of the service, but the negative externalities are dumped onto society. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent

neurotech1 9y ago
This is tangentially related to why Elon Musk[0] likes to ask potential interns and employees how "they" solved a particularly difficult problem[1]. If they personally solved the problem, they are going to know the details of the solution. A student who relies on a "helicopter parent" is significantly less likely to understand the details of how to solve difficult problems. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2017/06/19/these-women-raised-six-silicon-valley-ceos-heres-how-they-did-it https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2017/06/19/th... [0.1] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/RxqQg http://archive.is/RxqQg [0.2] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/uJmoD http://archive.is/uJmoD [1] https://www.inc.com/anna-hensel/the-1-incredibly-detailed-job-interview-question-elon-musk-always-asks.html https://www.inc.com/anna-hensel/the-1-incredibly-detailed-jo...