on schooling
musings on education, new forms of schooling, and what schooling has done to children
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on schooling
if we actually believed that maximizing positive variance was more valuable than minimizing negative variance, we would design our education systems very differently. most schools are variance-minimization fields
-Visakan
The American Scholar: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - William Deresiewicz
William Deresiewicztheamericanscholar.org
Children Full of Life (1 of 5)
youtube.comA beautiful documentary (this is part one of 5, 10mins each) that follows a fourth grade class in a Tokyo neighbourhood, led by their astounding educator Toshiro Kanamori. He asserts that: Life is undervalued every day. A teacher’s job is to show how precious life is. And unlike any classroom I’ve been in, “the class goal for Grade 4 is to understand how to live a happy life and how to care for other people”.
What education does is provide a curated experience to help you learn.
Done well, it sifts through the myriad resources, possible paths, and common errors and says:
> read *this* (not that) book
> practice *this* skill first
> be wary of making *this* mistake
“I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Mai
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