PostPosted:10 Apr 2009 03:36
Cheesecake_Marmalade, I used the slavery example for the sake of showing that a parent is not necessary for child rearing. My memory has come back, and it is true that at times the mothers would teach the children how to read or something. Still, this is not an argument for how children can best learn to read if their parents teach them.
Schools can teach all of these if we allow them. That's actually the point of my system. As to rich and doing best in school, it has to do with neuroscience and the conversations children have with parents. I'd essentially spread the best science over all children equally: probably through the use of an internet MUD system. So, rather than your system which would allow for poorly performing children, mine would be less varied and more concentrated around high proficiency.
Cheesecake_Marmalade wrote:So schools are teaching kids about political positions, religion, morality, social skills, etiquette, culture, etc? And it seems to me that the students that do best in school (the rich) have parents who are the most active in their lives.
Schools can teach all of these if we allow them. That's actually the point of my system. As to rich and doing best in school, it has to do with neuroscience and the conversations children have with parents. I'd essentially spread the best science over all children equally: probably through the use of an internet MUD system. So, rather than your system which would allow for poorly performing children, mine would be less varied and more concentrated around high proficiency.