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124 sats \ 2 replies \ @stack_harder 19 Oct \ on: Purpose of Education Education
In an ideal world, schools would be doing all this, but 99% of schools in the world are of the old cookie-cutter model that dates back to an industrial age when the goal was to train factory drones to be obedient workers for 10 hours a day or whatever. obey authority, don't question what you're told, suppress any thoughts that might get you in trouble.
the people in teach the subjects themselves are usually woefully under-equipped; they don't understand what is coming in the future, finance, economics, and emotional health. then on top of that, they have dick head parents to deal with who probably spend 2 hours a day with their own children and want to outsource their whole upbringing to a school, which is basically a government institution.
But in a nutshell, sure, education should also be teaching soft skills, emotional intelligence, and solution-based thinking. The future of work and jobs is probably going to look very different and the education system should also be adapting
Ouch. But there is much truth in what you say. I have often found it ironic how the personnel entrusted to prepare our youth for a volatile dynamic world don’t have actual much real-world experience under their belts. (Some of them teach at the same school from their graduation to retirement.)
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