From
Cringely:
My kids go to the best public school in Sonoma County. I know that
because I chose my house based on that research. But when Cole finishes
his math problems in a quarter the time it takes anyone else in the
class, his teacher has him insert a wait state by putting his head down
on his desk. Conversely, when some other kid never quite gets the
problem set finished, ever, well he/she never gets a rest and never
masters the material, either.
The current system is unfair to both kids.
The only solution I can see is one teacher per student. And the only
way something close to that is going to happen is through technology.
And it’s coming.
A
followup passage that I don't like but agree with:
My conclusion, then, is that schools serve a limited social and cultural
function but our kids mainly learn despite them. My own experience is
that I learned a lot about learning from half a dozen teachers in my
life, so those relationships are both rare and essential. But are they
reliable enough to even justify modern schools? I don’t know. What I do
know is that if I want to improve the educational environment for my
children in the next year or two, I’ll probably have to come up with my
own solutions.
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