seneca
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What do Farcaster parents think about schools?
The only I’m high conviction on is that trad schools don’t offer the feedback loops to stay current.
Most schools today still function like the ones I attended growing up. But the world is completely different now. That disconnect is what worries me.
traditional schools will increasingly become social clubs and teachers will become life coaches / therapists
legacy education institutions won’t be able to compete with more bespoke, software-first learning approaches imo
teach them to be curious, hungry, imaginative and resilient and they’ll go far
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yeah I think we’ll start to see more alternative education systems popping up over the next 5 years, but I think the greatest barrier to adoption will be the parents themselves accepting that things have changed and the way they were educated is outdated and no longer relevant. I think many parents will struggle to get on the same page about trying a new / untested schooling system even if there’s early evidence it’s better
i still believe in mon-fri as a form factor.
i have met many parents who homeschool, and it ends up being similar, as the parents burn out, and they just get tutors to fill the day.
but lose the social interactions of a classroom that are a learning experience.
if public, it depends on one’s flexibility of choosing a school district. not all schools are created equal.
if private, better options overall.
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What fundamentals have changed in the last couple decades? Has "learning how to learn" become less relevant? How about "cultivating curiosity"? I don't think so - good schools did this decades ago, still do this today.
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Depends. I was homeschooled as a kid when my parents moved cities. So, from the age of 8 till like 13, I was homeschooled.
Now, as a parent myself, I think there are certain aspects of schools that are very important. The biggest one is the social aspect. Obviously, picking the right school for your kid also matters a ton.
I think education is probably the least important part of all of it.
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As someone who went to private school 1st-12th, I credit a lot of my success to the study and organizational habits I learned there that I don’t think I would have gotten at a local public school.
That said, the stuff around spelling, memorization, writing essays, etc seems pretty useless now but the group work seems more relevant than ever
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Coming from a teaching background, I’ve always seen school as more about shaping social norms: follow authority, play expected roles (e.g. well-behaved, team player, good grades, gender). It’s about molding you for society, equipping you with basics like arithmetic and languages.
True learning often happens outside the classroom, relying heavily on parents or friends and experiences.
The rest depends on whether teachers even know how to teach up-to-date knowledge and encourage students to actually apply it.
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Homeschooling with a group of (freelance/independent) teachers/educators curated by us.
Agree philosophically, but when it comes down to what to do about idk, because I fear they’ll suffer socially if I do something radical instead of just letting them figure it out inside the normal pipeline. And knowing that I’ll be there to guide them through it anyway to try to override the disconnect you mention.
I think current school systems are like most of our other systems — in need of a revolution lmao 💜
It gave me hope learning that The Ron Clark Academy exists, which I saw on Beast Philanthropy of all places 😆
I agree, let’s face it school today is not working for everybody. Even for me it was hard and it really put a strain on my confidence as I saw others doing better and I couldn’t understand why I didn’t understand certain things.
Its purpose should be prepare the kids to be good members of society
