The reasoning on both ends is thoroughly bungled at this point — what a "good" school does or tries to accomplish is pretty poorly defined and generally misguided but this idea that a mediocre childhood should not horrify a parent is peak boot-on-face culture https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1174801530635128835 …
It implies that child development is irrelevant, that the most productive learning years of a child's life could be spent in a closet or amongst brilliant friends with zero net effect. Fundamentally unsupported.
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Agreed. But yet, even many “great public schools” aren’t serious enough about striving for the upside. Many parents care more about getting their kid on the right baseball team.
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The upside: a middle school science teacher who is phenomenal at challenging kids, pushing them to discover principles on their own, creating teams where kids respect and help each other. The kids achieve and they love it. My appreciation for him is beyond words.
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