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59 sats \ 8 replies \ @398ja 6 Jul \ parent \ on: What If Public Schools Were Abolished? econ

The current school system is based on many false assumptions. For example, kids don't always develop same interests, or if they do, not always at the same time. Age-group classes are therefore a huge mistake. Same as teacher-led education. Maria Montessori got it right.

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jul

Maria Montessori got it right.

I agree

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 6 Jul

You need to standardize it a bit. Or else it would be even worse of a shitshow.

59 sats \ 5 replies \ @398ja 6 Jul

How much is "a bit", though? Can this be determined objectively?

By standardising the curriculum, you are indirectly standardising the kids and that's the cité of the problem, because they are, by the nature of things, different.

Instead, the difference should be encouraged, but this is incompatible with scolarisation, especially on a large scale.

(I use the word "scolarisation" because for me scolarisation and education are not the same)

63 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jul

That's a great term. I've never seen it before.

38 sats \ 3 replies \ @398ja 6 Jul

I've just double-checked, and the correct equivalent in English term is actually "schooling". 😅

Also, I meant to write "the core of the problem" (autocorrect tricked me)

38 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jul

One of the great things about English is that it's flexible enough to incorporate new words. "Scolarisation" deserves to be its own term, although people do make the distinction between "schooling" and "education" that you're highlighting.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 6 Jul

I thought you guys were teasing me on the term "standardize".

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jul

I like new terms that can help make useful distinctions. I took "scolarisation" to mean trying to force all kids into a particular mold of scholarship.