Re:Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
by Night_Thastus on Monday July 11, 2022 @10:54AM
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What other structure is there? All knowledge and skill is based off of more basic knowledge and skills. If someone doesn't have a grasp of simple addition, calculus isn't going to make much sense. That's true at the lowest levels and the highest levels.
Now if you're arguing that the way we test if someone is ready for the next level of a given field is done poorly, that's different and there could be a strong case for it depending on the field and school.
Re:Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
by lm28469 on Monday July 11, 2022 @10:50AM
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That's not how it works though. You can't skip socialisation and languages for 2-3 years and expect to just pick these thing as if you were 5 years old again.
And even if you could your second point is moot, it is a social construct but it will stay like that, so it end up being a fact of life for everyone.
The damage comes from the tiering of education, where anyone not "ready" at the next stage doesn't get access to it at all. That structure is a policy decision we've made, not a necessary fact of education or life.