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>but generally people go to those places because they want to, or because it offers them a favorable outcome that they're willing to temporarily trade some auto

>but generally people go to those places because they want to, or because it offers them a favorable outcome that they're willing to temporarily trade some autonomy for. I don't think this is why kids go to school. You go to school because you have to. There is no realistic option not to go. If you don't go, then you'll be forcefully put into a school for troubled kids. Even if you don't consider the above, there is still an enormous social pressure to go to school too.

jokethrowaway 6y ago
I wish there were solid alternatives to school. I hate the current system but I also want my kids to be socialised and have friends. I'd definitely pay a private company providing "home schooling" and using a different model of education where kids are learning by doing instead of memorising crap and at the same time can share a location with other kids of the same age (+ a few tutor available to unblock kids when needed but not delivering frontal lessons).
- TylerE 6y ago
  Isn’t that basically a Montessori school? "The Montessori method of education is an educational method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. Emphasizing independence, it views children as naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning in a sufficiently supportive and well-prepared learning environment. It discourages some conventional measures of achievement, such as grades and tests."
- lukifer 6y ago
  You might take a look at the "unschooling" movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling I don't have any first-hand knowledge of how such initiatives work in practice; but at a high level, it's like home-schooling with more community involvement and socialization, as well as off-site learning experiences. I've also heard of some families who do half-and-half between a formal school environment, and unschooling/homeschooling.

jokethrowaway 6y ago

I wish there were solid alternatives to school. I hate the current system but I also want my kids to be socialised and have friends. I'd definitely pay a private company providing "home schooling" and using a different model of education where kids are learning by doing instead of memorising crap and at the same time can share a location with other kids of the same age (+ a few tutor available to unblock kids when needed but not delivering frontal lessons).

TylerE 6y ago
Isn’t that basically a Montessori school? "The Montessori method of education is an educational method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. Emphasizing independence, it views children as naturally eager for knowledge and capable of initiating learning in a sufficiently supportive and well-prepared learning environment. It discourages some conventional measures of achievement, such as grades and tests."
lukifer 6y ago
You might take a look at the "unschooling" movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling I don't have any first-hand knowledge of how such initiatives work in practice; but at a high level, it's like home-schooling with more community involvement and socialization, as well as off-site learning experiences. I've also heard of some families who do half-and-half between a formal school environment, and unschooling/homeschooling.