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Three Angles on Erik Hoel’s Aristocratic Tutoring
- telotortium 5y agoResponse to Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30698624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30698624): > We think Erik is right that historical tutoring was better than education today. But we don’t think being aristocratic is what made it better. So here are three other angles on the same idea: > 1. Mechanized education is really bad. > 2. School no longer includes moral instruction. > 3. The real problem is segregating children. Tutoring worked because you exposed children to people practicing a real skill (even if it’s only speaking their native language), or working in an actual profession. Modern education exposes them only to teachers.