When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion

Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by lopmotr on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:12PM (#24832531)

I'd say for most students, the vast majority of time they spend in school, they're not learning anything. The content of curriculums are usually quite short and can be crammed in a few weeks by a dedicated and intelligent enough student. For students that need more time, they often disengage anyway and all the time in the world won't help them learn using the same techniques.

I used to be a math teacher, and when a student failed the final exam, I'd spend a few hours one on one, then they could take another exam. The students that pissed around all term and bombed the first attempt often quickly picked up most of it in the 1-1 sessions and passed the 2nd attempt. I jokingly suggested to my boss that maybe we should scrap classes and just divide up my hours on 1-1 sessions with every student for greater efficiency.

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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by ta1234567890 on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:48PM (#24832857)

> scrap classes and just divide up my hours on 1-1 sessions with every student for greater efficiency.

If done right, that could be one of the best and biggest revolutions in education. It would be amazing if there was a whole school/system doing it.

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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by lopmotr on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:59PM (#24844633)

I think we know how to solve all education problems technically. It's just that the solutions are impractical. Sometimes personalized (expensive management) or require a smart and quick thinking teacher which doesn't scale well, or require hard work doing preparation which teachers don't have the time, motivation, or skill to do, or they are simply effective and leave the kids with nowhere to go while their parents are at work.

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