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> Hopefully some parents will be able to pool their resources and serve groups of children. One parent can teach engineering to the neighbors kids, and another
by mhall119 12y ago
> Hopefully some parents will be able to pool their resources and serve groups of children. One parent can teach engineering to the neighbors kids, and another can teach literature.
This happens quite a bit actually
- ladytron 12y agoMarie Curie actually taught her kids this way for a few years. A small group of friends (mostly college professors) each picked a subject. Marie designed hands - on experiments to teach the group physics. She and Pierre Curie did not think much of France's school system at the time. In her biography their complaints about science education sound very contemporary. "The more things change, the more they stay the same".