Re:Life as a public school teacher in the San Francisco Bay ...
by unethical_ban on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:26PM
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I'm not an expert on education, or on public policy.
I see people on twitter and reddit bitch about having to learn calculus and never using it.
But you know? I don't remember how to use calculus at this moment either, but I remember concepts of it measuring infinitesimal increments of change, and how derivatives and integrations relate to rates of change.
I don't remember the mechanisms of all my teachings in school, but it made me appreciate bridges, combustion engines, biology and literature.
The honest question is: How do we determine when a child/teenager has no capacity or will to understand the beauty or utility of advanced learning, and what do we do with them?
Especially as automation takes over in the next 30 years and we have millions more out of work because we don't need taxis, truck drivers, farmers, or 60% of food service?
I see people on twitter and reddit bitch about having to learn calculus and never using it.
But you know? I don't remember how to use calculus at this moment either, but I remember concepts of it measuring infinitesimal increments of change, and how derivatives and integrations relate to rates of change.
I don't remember the mechanisms of all my teachings in school, but it made me appreciate bridges, combustion engines, biology and literature.
The honest question is: How do we determine when a child/teenager has no capacity or will to understand the beauty or utility of advanced learning, and what do we do with them?
Especially as automation takes over in the next 30 years and we have millions more out of work because we don't need taxis, truck drivers, farmers, or 60% of food service?