TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle schoolers

Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc... by rayiner on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @06:34PM (#33525725)

So they can be socialized by their unsocialized peers? That’s a profoundly unnatural and destructive thing to do. Human children are supposed to be raised in mixed-age setting where they can learn from older children and young adults, under the supervision of not only parents and teachers but a spectrum of adults of different ages.

At least in the recent past Americans had large families and civic organizations like churches to expose children to normal social structures. Today we are losing even those, and age-segregated schooling is the dominant mode of socialization for children.

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Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc... by ahahahahah on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:12PM (#33526825)

> Human children are supposed to be raised in mixed-age setting

Ah, right. The way they are designed.

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Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc... by xyzzyz on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:52PM (#33527026)

Yes, we are better adapted to some conditions than to others. This is a result of a process known as biological evolution.

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Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc... by threads2 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:41PM (#33536823)

Thanks for the thoughtful response. Gave me a lot to think about. You're right about the current school system being contrived.

Like you say though, there's no real alternative. I wish there was something else with widespread adoption.

Lots to think about here.

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Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc... by quacked on Saturday November 12, 2022 @06:09PM (#33578128)

Don't know if you're still following this thread, but I agree with the responder that the civic structures of society are increasingly replaced by schooling and subscription-based hobbies. I think there are many opportunities to socialize kids without school, but they're not quite as ubiquitous--and they won't become common until lots of people are doing them, like I plan to.

Also, speaking delicately, a lot of poorly-socialized homeschooled children have poorly-socialized parents, and were doomed from the start. I am gregarious and involved in many different social circles (athletics, music, engineering, etc.) and should be able to expose my kids pretty thoroughly to them.

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