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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.

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I can imagine a perfect alternative and still feel like I’m making the wrong decision by opting out. Which is prob one of the better signals to move forward.

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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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academic is becoming increasingly less important. u want them to be socially adjusted. also the school, other parents, and teachers matter.

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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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Same here in Spain. They don't know how to re-wire the whole educational system. Sir Ken Robinson spoke vehemently about this. His book the Element is fantastic.

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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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There's something those schools made out of you. Allow them to go through that process.

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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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The disconnect is worrisome to me as well and only seems to be growing. We’ve experimented with different learning styles - homeschool, world school, experiential school, trad school There have been pros & cons to each, but I’m glad we’ve taken an unconventional route. Imo it’s important to learn adaptability and flexibility while retaining genuine curiosity.

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Homeschooling with a group of (freelance/independent) teachers/educators curated by us.

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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.

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I still believe school has an important role in my kids early development. Teaching basic is still important. Even though AI is there, in a professional world requires quick thinking on the spot during meetings

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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 😆 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmtiNajqbnI

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you need to use AI to create your own school (join my course, im selling limited seats soon)

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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

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It's worse now I think it's just childcare with kids not learning stem stuff parents gotta do more good topic 16 $degen

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