The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18.
90% of that time is utterly wasted.
Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential.
5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇
90% of that time is utterly wasted.
Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential.
5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇
1. School doesn't care about greatness.
School is in the business of average. Average curricula built around average standards to serve the average kid.
The goal? Mass-produced workers to keep society functioning.
It just complicates the system to accelerate advanced kids.
School is in the business of average. Average curricula built around average standards to serve the average kid.
The goal? Mass-produced workers to keep society functioning.
It just complicates the system to accelerate advanced kids.
2. School is a babysitting service.
On a practical level, having somewhere for kids to go while their parents are at work trumps education.
Education can happen tomorrow. Kids *have* to go somewhere today.
This necessitates the 7-hour school day - which discourages efficiency.
On a practical level, having somewhere for kids to go while their parents are at work trumps education.
Education can happen tomorrow. Kids *have* to go somewhere today.
This necessitates the 7-hour school day - which discourages efficiency.
3. School can't cater to individual needs.
Classrooms aren't set up for individualized attention.
It's not the teachers' fault – they just can't drop the needs of the other 30 kids in a class to serve one.
That means that when a kid is done early, they're just left waiting.
Classrooms aren't set up for individualized attention.
It's not the teachers' fault – they just can't drop the needs of the other 30 kids in a class to serve one.
That means that when a kid is done early, they're just left waiting.
4. School self-perpetuates through good test scores.
State funding is allocated to schools based on test results.
To ensure good scores, schools end up spending the bulk of their time on test prep – which wastes the time of all the kids who have already learned the material.
State funding is allocated to schools based on test results.
To ensure good scores, schools end up spending the bulk of their time on test prep – which wastes the time of all the kids who have already learned the material.
5. School is built on systematization.
Systematic grades, systematic curricula, systematic progression through different courses.
School is a system, and a system values its own efficiency over any individual pieces.
School doesn't care that it's wasting your kids' time.
Systematic grades, systematic curricula, systematic progression through different courses.
School is a system, and a system values its own efficiency over any individual pieces.
School doesn't care that it's wasting your kids' time.
Administrators are focused on the school system as a whole: how to improve test scores, grades, and budget efficiencies.
They aren't trying to figure out how to unlock the potential of each individual child.
For parents, unlocking potential should be the primary concern.
They aren't trying to figure out how to unlock the potential of each individual child.
For parents, unlocking potential should be the primary concern.
Think about how much of your kids' time school is wasting.
Think about how much your kid could accomplish if they had that time free to do something else.
Your kid deserves better. If you want to help them unlock their potential, follow @rebelEducator for more.
Think about how much your kid could accomplish if they had that time free to do something else.
Your kid deserves better. If you want to help them unlock their potential, follow @rebelEducator for more.
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