K12 Mathematics education is mostly a giant waste of time, teaching children things they’re just barely capable of learning now that they can pick up in a fract

K12 Mathematics education is mostly a giant waste of time, teaching children things they’re just barely capable of learning now that they can pick up in a fraction of the time a few years later. Sudbury and other democratic schools can teach the entire primary school math curriculum to 12 year olds in around 40 hours. You can teach a nine year old to read to grade level in about the same amount of time. Primary school education works wonders at teaching children to sit still, do what they’re told and doing complex, boring tasks on command but as education it leaves a huge amount to be desired.