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Isn’t one-on-one tutoring by an expert by over a quarter of the population just a return to the medieval craftsman & apprentice system?

• zbentley 8y ago
  Not at all. There are huge differences: trades/subjects of tutelage aren't foreordained or narrowly restricted; much more choice exists on the part of the student and teacher ('compulsory' education now is not the same as compulsory education then--the ply-your-trade-or-starve situation is not present int he same way); teachers can leverage much more effective tools (books! Simulations!) to convey concepts quicker than a 'watch me, then do as I do' apprenticeship; teachers do not typically occupy a simultaneous position of educator authority and parent/elder authority ... the list goes on.