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Because the tv is entertaining and "you" are not (haven't read the article). This is rampant in early grades where children are still allowed to play, so they

Because the tv is entertaining and "you" are not (haven't read the article). This is rampant in early grades where children are still allowed to play, so they absorb everything. Watching my kids, I started to question if we got school extremely wrong. After all, play seems to be the way we learn in early childhood?

cr125rider 2y ago
Willingness to absorb information seems huge. I’ll remember crazy history from YouTube educators now that I’m an adult but hated history in school and couldn’t remember a thing. Making teachers be baby sitters, guardians, entertainers, and of course teach is a lot to ask.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
  Makes sense! I did the same with programming languages, even though I was in high school and there was no way for me to remember the stuff from school, lol
musicale 2y ago
I concur that we got school wrong by creating an environment where play, creativity, and any natural interest in learning are forcefully shut down. I recently read an HN post about how kindergarten recess had been canceled in deference to directed instruction. Instead of making kindergarten more "serious" like upper grades we should probably be doing the reverse and making upper grades more fun and creative, with active breaks during the day. Nonetheless, many skills - from playing piano to solving math problems - seem to be learned through focused practice. Students who feel railroaded by lock-step learning should take heart (to some extent) knowing that it eventually gets much better, since creativity and self-direction are extremely valuable in higher education and in the "real" world. But it is a shame that it takes so long to get to that point of freedom.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
  I agree, I don't have a solution for that, I wish I did. I know when somebody is passionate, they will get focused practice "naturally", but that doesn't really solve it.

cr125rider 2y ago

Willingness to absorb information seems huge. I’ll remember crazy history from YouTube educators now that I’m an adult but hated history in school and couldn’t remember a thing. Making teachers be baby sitters, guardians, entertainers, and of course teach is a lot to ask.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
Makes sense! I did the same with programming languages, even though I was in high school and there was no way for me to remember the stuff from school, lol

musicale 2y ago

I concur that we got school wrong by creating an environment where play, creativity, and any natural interest in learning are forcefully shut down. I recently read an HN post about how kindergarten recess had been canceled in deference to directed instruction. Instead of making kindergarten more "serious" like upper grades we should probably be doing the reverse and making upper grades more fun and creative, with active breaks during the day. Nonetheless, many skills - from playing piano to solving math problems - seem to be learned through focused practice. Students who feel railroaded by lock-step learning should take heart (to some extent) knowing that it eventually gets much better, since creativity and self-direction are extremely valuable in higher education and in the "real" world. But it is a shame that it takes so long to get to that point of freedom.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
I agree, I don't have a solution for that, I wish I did. I know when somebody is passionate, they will get focused practice "naturally", but that doesn't really solve it.