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It's an arrogant dismissal to say early education is not serious education. The house built on sand will not stand... Take your view of the author's lack of me

It's an arrogant dismissal to say early education is not serious education. The house built on sand will not stand... Take your view of the author's lack of meaningful credentials regarding teaching to its logical conclusion...we ought to not have any classes except the final ones, so no math education, except for the last most advanced calculus courses, because math before that isn't really in the 'teaching game'. You can immediately see how abrupt and flawed that approach would be. If anything, the greatest care is needed in the first steps.

ggggtez 7y ago
Oh please. Your slippery slope argument is garbage. The truth is, only ~33% of 4 year-olds even attend preschool in the US [1]. So by the facts of reality, preschool is completely optional. Plenty of people go on to get college degrees without going to pre-school and it's ridiculous to claim it's the same as skipping high school. Speaking of college... Unlike for real teachers, only half of public preschool programs require any sort of degree or qualification, and this guy works for a private preschool, which often have no requirements at all. Indeed, after a difficult search, I found that he actually never finished college [2]. So yeah, he's basically just a random guy with no official background in education. So who the fuck cares about his opinion about STEM in education? He got the job because his daughter went to the preschool. That's it. That's not a qualification. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/315074/percentage-of-pre-school-enrollment-in-the-us-by-age-and-type/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/315074/percentage-of-pre... [2] https://artfulparent.com/teacher-tom-on-child-led-learning/ https://artfulparent.com/teacher-tom-on-child-led-learning/