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I can barely fathom that I'm reading this on HN. School is probably the best thing possible for a 'bright' child who would likely wallow aimlessly without havi
by jollybean 5y ago
I can barely fathom that I'm reading this on HN.
School is probably the best thing possible for a 'bright' child who would likely wallow aimlessly without having developed their talents, social skills, broad knowledge and especially ability to focus consistently on things which may not pique their specific curiosity.
I'm sure 'feral children' would engender the rare Mozart but at the imminent cost of massive loss in civility across all fields.
With respect to the study, in 1918 literacy rates were low, Highschool graduation was probably not even 60%, and less than 5% went to College.
Kids ability to work in factories or the family farm may not have been hampered.
Kids not in school during that time, may have been very likely working in the family business or farm, learning relevant skills.
- closeparen 5y agoSo pandemic kids will be two years more feral and two years less able to focus on what doesn’t interest them. All fields will experience two school-years loss of civility. That sounds bad! It doesn’t seem like you buy the premise in my statement (if indeed we can cut two years of school with no ill effects) so we don’t need to argue about the conclusion.