i think it was my parents who insisted they test me, and through whatever test they did which if i remember properly included analogies, geometry stuff with blocks, and like, make a story out of pictures as well as some math, they were like, ok you tested into the 11th grade
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i can’t imagine the level of checked out i would be if i had to suffer through 7-12 at the traditional pace. it is almost unimaginable. like a prison type experience, maybe. this is literally the time you have maximum neurons and are pruning them, and synapses. use it or lose it
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the brain damage inflicted on young people who are forced to waste their talents on doing the exact same thing as their age peers at the same rate is unimaginable. it is maybe the costliest thing that we do to human capital. and the fact is everyone has talents & interests
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remote school *could have been* and should have been an opening up of education into a lifelong process of pursuing one’s interests, refining one’s skills, and learning about the world around you instead, zoom and ai enabled cameras monopolized your attention & gaze. even worse!
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we had a pandemic before, you know, the schooling solution was books, and outdoor classes when the weather abided. (and sweaters!) i honestly fucking weep for this generation. they have all of this technology and it is being put to use melting their brains.
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the quicker people build lifelong education into a parallel system you can seriously opt-in to in lieu of the mainline k-12-college-grad school legible education, the better. i am starting to feel like it is pretty mission critical; like education is getting profoundly bad
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a badge system wherein you are a proven badass in projects of certain categories, like earning your Jump Wings as a parachutist
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people complaining this thread is boring, Sorry! it was not intended to go viral. just thought it would be a good time to talk about something i had experienced. i am sensitive to when learning resources are shut down, but maybe things are still ok (?) in the NYC schoolsystem
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difficult to be bullish on America when this kind of thing is happening imo. it's a very big deal
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sports teams helped me cooperate with people along with taking college courses where other students respected & fed my young brain so I wouldn't feel bored. Schools had little capacity for advancement, most plop gifted people on computers but give no context for lifelong learning
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totally agree about sports! I also came to it a little late, but music and drama were awesome activities. i especially liked improv, and improv music
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