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And what are they doing now? What jobs do they have? How do they pay?

geocrasher 5y ago
My son has a well paying job as a development manager at a company that builds batteries (Sorry- I don't know more- he doesn't say much about it) and my daughter has too many health problems to work full time and lives at home with me. In fact her health was one of the reasons we pulled her out. She was so far behind because of missing school that it was becoming a serious problem that the teachers were ill-equipped to handle.
motohagiography 5y ago
While I am sure the question is sincere, it's notable that the question wasn't, "what businesses have they started," "what are they doing for passive income and investment," "what are they using for leverage," "how many people do they manage," "what university did they graduate from," "what products have they developed," "are they on the real estate ladder," etc. When you exit the system, the status and meaning it promises doesn't doesn't have the same value. If you got kids to the level of basic analysis / calculus, traveller level in a second language, and passable in the reasoning and comprehension skills of the LSAT, they would be smarter and more capable than most university undergrads. If you add physical competence hobbies to that where some of those skills get applied, you get even more differentiated. Teenagers get amateur pilot licenses, so they are plenty capable. A way to match home schooled kids with structured team or olympic sports and orchestra or dance programs would be a big opportunity. Maybe we're at the cusp of an edu-tech boom?
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  I certainly hope so. If we had to reinvent the education system today it would look nothing like the legacy system, which was constrained by having to co-locate information sources, instructors, and students. A big danger I see is that the legacy system so damages the reputation of education that there may not be enough demand for a better version.
klowner 5y ago
Yeah, and how well can the fish climb a tree?

My son has a well paying job as a development manager at a company that builds batteries (Sorry- I don't know more- he doesn't say much about it) and my daughter has too many health problems to work full time and lives at home with me. In fact her health was one of the reasons we pulled her out. She was so far behind because of missing school that it was becoming a serious problem that the teachers were ill-equipped to handle.

motohagiography 5y ago

While I am sure the question is sincere, it's notable that the question wasn't, "what businesses have they started," "what are they doing for passive income and investment," "what are they using for leverage," "how many people do they manage," "what university did they graduate from," "what products have they developed," "are they on the real estate ladder," etc. When you exit the system, the status and meaning it promises doesn't doesn't have the same value. If you got kids to the level of basic analysis / calculus, traveller level in a second language, and passable in the reasoning and comprehension skills of the LSAT, they would be smarter and more capable than most university undergrads. If you add physical competence hobbies to that where some of those skills get applied, you get even more differentiated. Teenagers get amateur pilot licenses, so they are plenty capable. A way to match home schooled kids with structured team or olympic sports and orchestra or dance programs would be a big opportunity. Maybe we're at the cusp of an edu-tech boom?

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
I certainly hope so. If we had to reinvent the education system today it would look nothing like the legacy system, which was constrained by having to co-locate information sources, instructors, and students. A big danger I see is that the legacy system so damages the reputation of education that there may not be enough demand for a better version.

klowner 5y ago

Yeah, and how well can the fish climb a tree?