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Have you come across https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenage_Liberation_Handbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenage_Liberation_Handboo... I read it (a

Have you come across https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenage_Liberation_Handbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teenage_Liberation_Handboo... I read it (as a non-child), and a lot of my certainties about what young brains are and are not capable of got joyfully exploded. I'm not linking it to you proscriptively, or with a specific suggestion or riposte in mind whatsoever - you just might be interested in it. School is very successful at convincing kids (and former kids) of two things: firstly, that the academic subjects they purport to teach are actually delineated by the school textbooks and curricula. And secondly, that the reaction people have to specific subjects within these school structures are the actual unchangeable nature of the person's relationship with the subject. I hope one day our societies move past these two egregious and immeasurably damaging beliefs.

twodave 1y ago
I haven’t read the book, but we have 100% had the “you don’t have to graduate if you don’t want to” talk with this one haha. She doesn’t want to drop out, but definitely isn’t interested in college. We want to keep that door open for her if we can, so we just remind her that staying in school requires doing some things she doesn’t like. But yeah, at 15 it gets a little hairy. You have a kid who wants to be an adult, but in a lot of ways they are not prepared to make adult decisions still. Eventually she will have to make them, ready or not. But we have a few years left to help her, so the focus becomes how to best do that.
Timwi 1y ago
> School is very successful at convincing kids (and former kids) of two things: Well, and thirdly, that your worth as a person is determined by your results in graded examinations, and by extension, your salary or some other numerical rating decided by someone else.
- -__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
  Absolutely, I think that's the other huge one. Thanks for chiming in to complete the thought!

twodave 1y ago

I haven’t read the book, but we have 100% had the “you don’t have to graduate if you don’t want to” talk with this one haha. She doesn’t want to drop out, but definitely isn’t interested in college. We want to keep that door open for her if we can, so we just remind her that staying in school requires doing some things she doesn’t like. But yeah, at 15 it gets a little hairy. You have a kid who wants to be an adult, but in a lot of ways they are not prepared to make adult decisions still. Eventually she will have to make them, ready or not. But we have a few years left to help her, so the focus becomes how to best do that.

Timwi 1y ago

> School is very successful at convincing kids (and former kids) of two things: Well, and thirdly, that your worth as a person is determined by your results in graded examinations, and by extension, your salary or some other numerical rating decided by someone else.

-__---____-ZXyw 1y ago
Absolutely, I think that's the other huge one. Thanks for chiming in to complete the thought!