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Maybe we should attempt to improve the education system so children are happier to be there...

by cmiller1 5y ago

paul_f 5y ago
Or, maybe we should stop testing asymptomatic people
- DocTomoe 5y ago
  Actually, that sounds like a horrible idea if you try to prevent superspreader events. If anything, we need more testing, not less, to contain earlier.
  - rytcio 5y ago
    Like the antifa/blm riots?
    - pmarreck 5y ago
      Outdoor transmission rates are negligible. Unless you are Trump blithering on in front of a crowd in the Rose Garden, of course
      - bpodgursky 5y ago
        There was a corresponding indoor event which almost certainly was the spreader event in this case.
  - nradov 5y ago
    In most countries containment stopped being a feasible option back in March 2020.
dylan604 5y ago
This made me literally LOL. You will NEVER be able to make all children happy with going to school. Attempting it is almost a fool's errand. Even in nice posh schools, there will still be kids unhappy. It's just human nature.
- LinuxBender 5y ago
  I would have loved to go to the school Elon Musk built [1] [2] [3] [4] had it existed when I was a kid. [1] - https://astranova.org/apply https://astranova.org/apply [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOEyqqGuEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOEyqqGuEI [video] [3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3TiuJsfLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3TiuJsfLc [video] [4] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO22X2AV2xg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO22X2AV2xg [video]
  - djrogers 5y ago
    And many of my friends would have been miserable there. Point is, you can’t make all kids happy.
    - LinuxBender 5y ago
      Agreed. And building out the variety of schools / teaching styles required to make a majority happy would probably be cost prohibitive.
  - GuB-42 5y ago
    Is it one of these Montessori-like schools? This is actually a century-old thing. Yes, it has some advantages, but most of them come from the admission process and high budget. The main problem I see is that you are in a bubble, not like the other kids. It makes it difficult to reintegrate the regular school system if you ever need to. Obviously not a problem for Elon Musk kids, but it may be for middle class children.
    - LinuxBender 5y ago
      It is very much like the Montessori schools, albeit a different curriculum than any I've seen. I would have been fine being in a bubble. In the school system I went through, I was in a ditch. I would ace all the tests but fail my classes for lack of interest and not seeing any benefit to what I was being taught. I am very stubborn and strong willed. This had no real impact on my life beyond being a waste of time. Again, just my preference. I would have loved being in a school like Elon created but that is just my personal preference based on how I know I learn. I see the current school system as a low quality baby sitter.
pmarreck 5y ago
You sound like a squib, not a muggle

Maybe we should attempt to improve the education system so children are happier to be there...

paul_f 5y ago

Or, maybe we should stop testing asymptomatic people

DocTomoe 5y ago
Actually, that sounds like a horrible idea if you try to prevent superspreader events. If anything, we need more testing, not less, to contain earlier.
- rytcio 5y ago
  Like the antifa/blm riots?
  - pmarreck 5y ago
    Outdoor transmission rates are negligible. Unless you are Trump blithering on in front of a crowd in the Rose Garden, of course
    - bpodgursky 5y ago
      There was a corresponding indoor event which almost certainly was the spreader event in this case.
- nradov 5y ago
  In most countries containment stopped being a feasible option back in March 2020.

dylan604 5y ago

This made me literally LOL. You will NEVER be able to make all children happy with going to school. Attempting it is almost a fool's errand. Even in nice posh schools, there will still be kids unhappy. It's just human nature.

LinuxBender 5y ago
I would have loved to go to the school Elon Musk built [1] [2] [3] [4] had it existed when I was a kid. [1] - https://astranova.org/apply https://astranova.org/apply [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOEyqqGuEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOEyqqGuEI [video] [3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3TiuJsfLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3TiuJsfLc [video] [4] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO22X2AV2xg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO22X2AV2xg [video]
- djrogers 5y ago
  And many of my friends would have been miserable there. Point is, you can’t make all kids happy.
  - LinuxBender 5y ago
    Agreed. And building out the variety of schools / teaching styles required to make a majority happy would probably be cost prohibitive.
- GuB-42 5y ago
  Is it one of these Montessori-like schools? This is actually a century-old thing. Yes, it has some advantages, but most of them come from the admission process and high budget. The main problem I see is that you are in a bubble, not like the other kids. It makes it difficult to reintegrate the regular school system if you ever need to. Obviously not a problem for Elon Musk kids, but it may be for middle class children.
  - LinuxBender 5y ago
    It is very much like the Montessori schools, albeit a different curriculum than any I've seen. I would have been fine being in a bubble. In the school system I went through, I was in a ditch. I would ace all the tests but fail my classes for lack of interest and not seeing any benefit to what I was being taught. I am very stubborn and strong willed. This had no real impact on my life beyond being a waste of time. Again, just my preference. I would have loved being in a school like Elon created but that is just my personal preference based on how I know I learn. I see the current school system as a low quality baby sitter.

pmarreck 5y ago

You sound like a squib, not a muggle