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This is an advertisement written for / by Outschool I presume. But I think this sounds like an awful school, that seems to be almost more like letting kids go o
by ecshafer 4y ago
This is an advertisement written for / by Outschool I presume. But I think this sounds like an awful school, that seems to be almost more like letting kids go on youtube binges of quasi-educational topics than a school with a real curriculum.
>In June, my son started with an introductory ukulele class. There was an “Old Town Road” hip-hop dance class, an hour spent learning to speak in a British accent from a real actress, three weeks of WWII history, and a week of learning ninja moves.
Three weeks of WWII History sounds great, especially if its part of a larger History curriculum, otherwise its too shallow. But a week of ninja moves, come on. And the other topics aren't much better. I might be old fashioned but I would be pulling my children out of that school immediately.
I haven't found any of these new online education platforms to be good though, apart from Coursera (And Khan Academy) and that's because it's largely taught via a university. Udacity, Udemy, Lynda, Linkedin Learn, etc. all of the other ones I have tried have been extremely poor quality shallow courses. Maybe just creating a marketplace of "education" videos and throwing things at the wall doesn't work well?
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