My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I

Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I by mordymoop on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @08:20PM (#24218483)

In the spring, my five year old, who I would call unusually patient for his age, would sometimes break down crying and beg the teacher to let him leave the meeting.

One thing that I’m not seeing discussed much is that these meetings are objectively a dehumanizing waste of the children’s time. Ten minutes to take roll, while everyone just sits there? If someone did something this pointless in a meeting of adults, they would be reprimanded.

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Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I by barry-cotter on Thursday August 20, 2020 @01:48AM (#24220290)

But it’s not pointless. Teaching children to sit still and do what they’re told by authority figures is what school is for. Pointless busywork is at minimum half of all schooling. See Unschooling Society, The Underground History of American Education or any of the many other books taught in education schools that have had no effect on the practice of education.

School is to submit.

https://www.overcomingbias.com/2016/04/school-is-to-submit.h...

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Re:My kid can’t handle a virtual education, and neither can I by rdtwo on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:24PM (#24224894)

Ha my work absolutely would do something that pointless while paying everyone 50$+ an hour to do it. These are the skills you need to succeed at big inefficient corporations

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