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> It is startling how ineffective basically all educational interventions are People learn quite a bit from the educational system, from reading and math to hi

• Viliam1234 8y ago
  "Ineffective" doesn't necessarily mean "having zero effect". A system can be ineffective even when it has a positive effect, if the effect is too small considering the resources spent. Reading, writing, basic math... those are things our education is quite good at teaching. Anything else is forgotten by most students soon after they pass the exams. Those who remember are usually the ones who are interested in the topic; they often independently read more about the topic in their free time. The system would be improved if those who forget the stuff wouldn't have to study all of it; and those who remember the stuff would be given opportunity to study it from books and have conversations about those books afterwards.