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65 sats \ 4 replies \ @justin_shocknet 20 Nov \ on: How to prepare kids for the modern work world ? Education
Nothing has changed wrt what kids should be thought, the primitives are as old as time.
- Ability to self-teach through reading and comprehension
- Principles of technology like mechanical leverage, basic physics, and napkin-level math
- Communication
- Problem solving techniques
- Mindfulness, time management, and focus
- Discovering their natural talents
- Financial literacy (this is the most time-fluid thing on the list)
- Taking calculated risks
Do not teach your kids to be employable, because they'll at some point need to unlearn that and it will be painful.
Teach them to be useful, ephemeral education culture is fiat.
really makes you wonder why none of these things are taught in school, the curriculum should literally be built around them imo
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State schools are the manifestation of a bunch of bad incentives, and they're meant as a last resort... Think of them as an orphanage not the standard
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i think of them more as a place for the kids to make friends, not really bastions of learning (although that's kind of what they should be)
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That's the psyop a lot of people use to justify them, homeschool groups and sports etc are much better outlets.. higher caliber peers in an environment that's not industrially structured
The real reason public school is so common is economic, people feel they can't afford to homeschool (if they can even afford to have kids) because the states been waging war against it
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