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School is a bit like a prison for children. When you get out of prison you want to think about what you'll be doing the rest of the day, not what you had to go
by foxyv 2y ago
School is a bit like a prison for children. When you get out of prison you want to think about what you'll be doing the rest of the day, not what you had to go through on the inside. In addition, parents very rarely do what it takes to make a kid's day better while they are at school. You aren't allowed to let your kid just skip a week of school to recharge. So telling you that it was horribly stressful will result in a lot of nothing for them.
It's especially true for kids that have a demand avoidance. ADHD and ASD kids have a lot of problems with school for this reason. It's a high control environment and you have almost zero personal liberties. Some kids thrive in environments like that. A lot don't.
- rnjailamba 2y agoI heard this recently - "For the median student, the education system mostly wants to make the student do things they don't want to do. It's not about helping them achieve their goals more easily or more effectively. For the most part, it's about achieving goals that aren't theirs" https://youtu.be/dmeRQN9z504?si=AWqDy3cHhgh5oa_Q&t=12 https://youtu.be/dmeRQN9z504?si=AWqDy3cHhgh5oa_Q&t=12
- rnjailamba 2y agoAgreed. The uniform thought that school is good and a must for each kid is an issue. Education in the pure sense is a good thing but assuming that schools will find a way to educate each child optimally is tough. There's a lot more nuance and effort needed, especially from parents. I also feel that children's intuition's are mostly correct about things that are wrong with school and should be trusted more.
- foxyv 2y agoSchool is a must for every kid. However, the form that our current education system takes is absurd. It is barely appropriate for a minority of students. Much less all of them. There are so many better education systems in the world with amazing results and we refuse to make ours better.