It's the modem version of "be quiet, open the textbook at page 27, complete the questions."
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What has been provided? A roof over you head, "motivation" and the knowledge that page 27 is worth reading.
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If you're smart, self motivated and have a bit of relevant information, it's all superfluous.
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don't underestimate the massive incentive that would apply to "if I show I'm literate, I don't have to go to school"
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I think that would be a very hard thing to reliably test, but it could (and does) work for a lucky minority.
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Not hard at all. Have a teacher spend 2 hours with the kid, once every month.
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That works if there's a fairly standardised curriculum. Trickier if it's all much more open-ended.
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I'm working from a simple base. Beyond arithmetic and reading/writing, people remember shit from their 12 years.
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There's a hell of a lot of wasted time. It's a one-size-fits-all approach, however you cut it.
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people are there because they have to be. They hate it. So they don't actually learn. It's a shit system.
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It tells you a lot that ppl remember small behavioral deviations 8 years down, but don't even recall their teacher's name.
in socio 101, I was the only person to put up their hand yes to "do you treat men and women differently".
Fuck.
to be fair to the prof, who was one of my faves, she agreed with me. She was making a point. But wow.
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