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While it's a good to think about childcare, something more constructive needs to be done about growing up in the modern world than extending the caging of moder
by teslabox 5y ago
While it's a good to think about childcare, something more constructive needs to be done about growing up in the modern world than extending the caging of modern children.
John Taylor Gatto (iirc) advised keeping kids out of school as long as possible, as nothing important is learned in the first few grades that wouldn't be learned anyways, or couldn't be learned more efficiently later. http://johntaylorgatto.com/ http://johntaylorgatto.com/
If the government were to extend school-as-childcare, it could be done in a way that restores the ability of children to learn from the real world. I don't know what 4, 5, 6 and 7 year olds should be learning, but imho Pre-K, K, 1st and 2nd grade "classrooms" are stifling.
Gatto's essay, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, is all over the interwebs.
What did Native Americans teach their 4 year olds?
- zbrozek 5y agoLooking back at my own school experience, I don't think I learned anything of value in the formal lessons of school until third grade. But being around other kids and maturing together was quite-worthwhile. I probably could have done that hanging out with the neighborhood kids playing on the street.
- CuriouslyC 5y agoThe experience of being around other children can frequently be pretty awful for a lot of kids. There are a lot of asshole children out there who belong in a zoo rather than a school. Socialization is good, but forced socialization under a poorly run authoritarian regime, not so much.
- michaelbrave 5y agoI think Japan does well with schooling small children, they mostly focus on teaching manners, how to clean up after yourselves, how to play well with each other, that kind of thing. It may be worthy of emulation.