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We don't need to treat average children as if they were exceptional. If they can't learn, why waste their time and taxpayer money when they can just enter the w
by legerdemain 5y ago
We don't need to treat average children as if they were exceptional. If they can't learn, why waste their time and taxpayer money when they can just enter the workforce earlier and develop some self-esteem?
- mlyle 5y ago> If they can't learn, Not what the parent said. The question is whether they are inclined to learn independently.
- legerdemain 5y agoChildren who can succeed with the material generally seek it out and learn it independently. Lots of examples here on this site of people who self-taught as children by tinkering on their own and grew up to be groundbreaking software engineers.
- mlyle 5y agoSure, autodidacts exist. I was one, too. Again, that doesn't mean to abandon everyone else. Autodidacts are rare and most people learn through education. It doesn't seem wise to stare at a community of unusual, self-selected people (Hacker News) and try to draw conclusions about the population at large from it.
- legerdemain 5y agoMost people don't learn, and, as adults, earn a living in professions that don't rely on school learning, such as retail, picking/packing, home health aides, trucking, technical project management, etc.
- mlyle 5y ago> Most people don't learn, and, as adults, earn a living in professions that don't rely on school learning I think this shows a gross misunderstanding of both the makeup/demographics of the workforce and of the amount of education needed to do various kinds of jobs. You think you don't need literacy to do TPM? https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm Actually, I think the "TPM" at the end is just evidence that you're trolling. Have a nice day.