how h o w HOW is this not the single most obvious feature of human cognitive development ever?
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Maybe the most obvious but the least useful? Seems like we've made 0% progress towards creating intrinsic motivation – just have settled on the top .1% who have it pushing society forward
It's pretty useless information if you insist on shuttling kids through a daily battery of short lecture-based classes within which their behavior is tightly controlled, yes. There has never been any evidence that this is an effective way to develop genuine interest
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The standard school day is so ubiquitous that we completely forget that it's an extremely specific way for a child to spend the bulk of his/her time. The alternatives are endless. We keep tweaking this formula to minimal effect & concluding that nothing more can be done
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As a parent, I sought to break the system by helping my oldest son find external opps that would let him move past the default. It worked. Yet I don't know how we can convince parents to question whether the default high school and college system should be questioned.
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