(October 27, 2017 at 8:36 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Waiting on the 'wake up sheeple, soylent green is people' battle cry.  I'd be curious to know how old you are, because anyone that has entered their late 20s/early 30s can easily remember how much of a stupid fucking idiot they were as a teen/young adult, and remember how they didn't have a handle on anything but still thought they were invincible and the master of their own ship.

There will be problems in any education system anywhere, of course, but implying that adults shouldn't put their kids in some sort of educational structure is ludicrous, and calling anyone who supports this as a 'mere pawn' is insulting and lazy.

You can compare the systems for different societal strata (just take the elites - looking at the lower strata shows how education could be destructive) in different cultures, extract whats best from all of them and teach Your child in such a way. 

The most basic thing I believe to be important is to teach how to learn by ourselves not just teach a subject. The fish vs fish rod question. 
I don't like this topic its kinda depressing to know how much potential is being supressed.

If circumstances will allow, I won't send my kids to any school before college.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sociol...magination
I'm not a communist, but nobody ever questioned the existence of class warfare. Warfare means no rules.

Quote:If circumstances will allow, I won't send my kids to any school before college.

I have a suspicion you won't be sending them to college either. Good luck with that dude.

(October 27, 2017 at 6:30 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:

Quote:If circumstances will allow, I won't send my kids to any school before college.

I have a suspicion you won't be sending them to college either.  Good luck with that dude.

Suscpicion is ok. 
Thanks, wish You all the best too.

(October 27, 2017 at 6:26 pm)Captain_Nemo Wrote:

(October 27, 2017 at 8:36 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Waiting on the 'wake up sheeple, soylent green is people' battle cry.  I'd be curious to know how old you are, because anyone that has entered their late 20s/early 30s can easily remember how much of a stupid fucking idiot they were as a teen/young adult, and remember how they didn't have a handle on anything but still thought they were invincible and the master of their own ship.

There will be problems in any education system anywhere, of course, but implying that adults shouldn't put their kids in some sort of educational structure is ludicrous, and calling anyone who supports this as a 'mere pawn' is insulting and lazy.

You can compare the systems for different societal strata (just take the elites - looking at the lower strata shows how education could be destructive) in different cultures, extract whats best from all of them and teach Your child in such a way. 

The most basic thing I believe to be important is to teach how to learn by ourselves not just teach a subject. The fish vs fish rod question. 
I don't like this topic its kinda depressing to know how much potential is being supressed.

If circumstances will allow, I won't send my kids to any school before college.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sociol...magination
I'm not a communist, but nobody ever questioned the existence of class warfare. Warfare means no rules.

That's why the upper classes don't bother educating their children.

No wait, its the other way round isn't it!

Its the upper classes who hog all the best schools.

I am an old man and I wish I'd had the thirst for education when I was young that I have now, but I was more interested n girls and alcohol.

(October 28, 2017 at 2:19 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I am an old man and I wish I'd had the thirst for education when I was young that I have now, but I was more interested n girls and alcohol.

Not yet an old man. But that is true to me.