>> What education looks like now is an artificial construct. It was not created by people who knew or understood children or teens.
Funny ... I never thought education was about US understanding children and teens, but getting children and teens to understand things.
This is precisely the problem. Too much “understanding”, not enough teaching.
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Hemorrhage,
My oldest homeschooler finished all college general courses and Calculus III by the age of 15. He then enrolled in business administration program at private college.
During his first semester he attended the private college's “jobs fair”. The next day he received a **serious** offer for an entry level management position with a local bank. I believe that, if he had taken that offer, he would have done **well**....even at the age of 15.
The point is that my son is **not** unusual. He is **not** a genius. He **normally** bright. He is **normal**. It is the institutionalized child who is being artificially retarded in their social, academic, and career development.
There are children by the millions stuck in government schools who are just as bright and similarly talented as my son,..but...these institutionalized children are artificially held back merely to serve as widgets in providing jobs to government employees in the education-industrial-complex.
And they should get rid of the social engineering aspect of education. Such as, condoms on cucumbers, gay pride type celebrations. I have never understood any of that sex education stuff. Sex education was supposed to teach our children the biological facts about how their body works and the reproductive system. And also teach them that there are problems with sex activity outside marriage, such as unwanted pregnancy and VD. Instead it morphed somehow into discussions of how to have safe sex and homosexuality. Homosexuality has nothing to do with reproduction, so there’s no reason to even discuss it.
Yep. Now, it’s all about catering to the individual child and his/her special needs.